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Swami Vivekananda , né le 12 janvier 1863 à Calcutta et mort le 4 juillet 1902 à Belur Math au Bengale-Occidental , est un philosophe et maître spirituel qui a fait connaître l'hindouisme au monde occidental et a inspiré le mouvement pour l'indépendance de l'Inde. C'est l'un des principaux disciples de Râmakrishna et le fondateur de la Mission Ramakrishna. Wikipedia  

✵ 12. janvier 1863 – 4. juillet 1902
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Swami Vivekananda: Citations en anglais

“All love is expansion, all selfishness is contraction. Love is therefore the only law of life. He who loves lives, he who is selfish is dying. Therefore love for love's sake, because it is the only law of life, just as you breathe to live.”

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Source: Letters of Swami Vivekananda

“Feel nothing, know nothing, do nothing, have nothing, give up all to God, and say utterly, 'Thy will be done.' We only dream this bondage. Wake up and let it go.”

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“Was there ever a more horrible blasphemy than the statement that all the knowledge of God is confined to this or that book? How dare men call God infinite, and yet try to compress Him within the covers of a little book!”

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Source: Raja-Yoga

“Each work has to pass through these stages—ridicule, opposition, and then acceptance. Those who think ahead of their time are sure to be misunderstood.”

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Pearls of Wisdom

“All the powers in the universe are already ours. It is we who have put our hands before our eyes and cry that it is dark.”

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Variante: Who makes us ignorant? We ourselves. We put our hands over our eyes and weep that it is dark.

“Shri Ramakrishna use to say, "As Long as I Live, so long do I learn". That man or that society which has nothing to learn is already in the jaws of death.”

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

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Pearls of Wisdom

“Education is the manifestation of perfection present already in man. Religion is the manifestation of the divinity already in man.”

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“How often does a man ruin his disciples by remaining always with them! When men are once trained, it is essential that their leader leave them, for without his absence they cannot develop themselves. Plants always remain small under a big tree.”

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“It is the cheerful mind that is persevering. It is the strong mind that hews its way through a thousand difficulties.”

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“The brain and muscles must develop simultaneously. Iron nerves with an intelligent brain — and the whole world is at your feet.”

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“Astrology and all these mystical things are generally signs of a weak mind; therefore as soon as they are becoming prominent in our minds, we should see a physician, take good food, and rest.”

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“The Vedanta recognizes no sin it only recognizes error. And the greatest error, says the Vedanta is to say that you are weak, that you are a sinner, a miserable creature, and that you have no power and you cannot do this and that.”

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“He is an atheist who does not believe in himself.”

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The old religions said that he was an atheist who did not believe in God. The new religion says that he is an atheist who does not believe in himself.
Call to the Nation

“Are you unselfish? That is the question. If you are, you will be perfect without reading a single religious book, without going into a single church or temple.”

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“Even the greatest fool can accomplish a task if it were after his or her heart. But the intelligent ones are those who can convert every work into one that suits their taste.”

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“The moment I have realized God sitting in the temple of every human body, the moment I stand in reverence before every human being and see God in him — that moment I am free from bondage, everything that binds vanishes, and I am free.”

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“The very reason for nature's existence is for the education of the soul.”

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Source: Karma Yoga: the Yoga of Action

“Don't look back—forward, infinite energy, infinite enthusiasm, infinite daring, and infinite patience—then alone can great deeds be accomplished.”

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“Bless people when they revile you. Think how much good they are doing by helping to stamp out the false ego.”

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“So long as the millions live in hunger and ignorance, I hold every person a traitor who, having been educated at their expense, pays not the least heed to them!”

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“Be a hero. Always say, “I have no fear.” Tell this to everyone—“Have no fear.””

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