Author: Swami Vivekananda

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God is to be worshipped as the one beloved, dearer than everything in this and next life.

God is to be worshipped as the one beloved, dearer than everything in this and next life.

- Swami Vivekananda

Our duty is to encourage every one in his struggle to live up to his own highest idea, and strive at the same time to make the ideal as near as possible to the Truth.

Our duty is to encourage every one in his struggle to live up to his own highest idea, and strive at the same time to make the ideal as near as possible to the Truth.

- Swami Vivekananda

As different streams having different sources all mingle their waters in the sea, so different tendencies, various though they appear, crooked or straight, all lead to God.

As different streams having different sources all mingle their waters in the sea, so different tendencies, various though they appear, crooked or straight, all lead to God.

- Swami Vivekananda

Truth can be stated in a thousand different ways, yet each one can be true.

Truth can be stated in a thousand different ways, yet each one can be true.

- Swami Vivekananda

We are what our thoughts have made us; so take care about what you think. Words are secondary. Thoughts live; they travel far.

We are what our thoughts have made us; so take care about what you think. Words are secondary. Thoughts live; they travel far.

- Swami Vivekananda

You cannot believe in God until you believe in yourself.

You cannot believe in God until you believe in yourself.

- Swami Vivekananda

Where can we go to find God if we cannot see Him in our own hearts and in every living being.

Where can we go to find God if we cannot see Him in our own hearts and in every living being.

- Swami Vivekananda

External nature is only internal nature writ large.

External nature is only internal nature writ large.

- Swami Vivekananda

The more we come out and do good to others, the more our hearts will be purified, and God will be in them.

The more we come out and do good to others, the more our hearts will be purified, and God will be in them.

- Swami Vivekananda

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