Swami Vivekananda , An Indian monk, the chief disciple of the 19th-century Indian mystic Ramakrishna.He was a key figure in the introduction of the Indian philosophies of Vedanta and Yoga to the Western world.

• "My ideal, indeed, can be put into a few words, and that is to preach unto mankind their divinity, and how to make it manifest in every movement of life."
  
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• "The only way of getting divine nature manifested is by helping others to do the same."
  
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• "You cannot believe in God until you believe in yourself."
  
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• "Anything that makes you weak physically, intellectually and spiritually, reject as poison.”
  
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• "Meditation means the mind is turned back upon itself. The mind stops all the thought-waves and the world stops. Your consciousness expands. Every time you meditate you will keep your growth."
  
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• "Learn everything that is good from others, but bring it in, and in your own way absorb it; do not became others."
  
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• "If the poor boy cannot come to education, education must go to him."
  
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• "The very reason for nature's existence is for the education of the soul."
  
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• "My faith is in the younger generation, the modern generation, out of them will come my workers. They will work out the whole problem, like lions."
  
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• "I have formulated the idea and have given my life to it. If I do not achieve success, some better one will come after me to work it out, and I shall be content to struggle."
  
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• "Do you love your country? Than come, let us struggle for the higher and better things; look not back, no,not even if you see the dearest and nearest cry. Look not back, but forward!"
  
  Swami Vivekananda
• "What is education? Is it book-learning? No. Is it diverse knowledge? Not even that. The training by which the current and expression of will are brought under control and became fruitful is called education."
  
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• "Take risks in your life. If you win you can lead ! If you loose, you can guide!"
  
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• "Here in India, it is religion that forms the very core of the national heart. It is the backbone, the bed-rock, the foundation upon which the national edifice has been built."
  
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• "Those who work at a thing heart and soul not only achieve success in it but through their absorption in that they also realize the supreme truth – Brahman. Those who work at a thing with their whole heart receive help from God."
  
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• “That society is the greatest where the highest truths become practical.”
  
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• “Our Karma determines what we deserve and what we can assimilate. We are responsible for what we are; and whatever we wish ourselves to be, we have the power to make ourselves.”
  
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• “Women must be put in a position to solve their own problems in their own way. No one can or ought to do this for them. And our Indian women are as capable of doing it as any in the world.”
  
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• “We need technical education and all else which may develop industries, so that men, instead of seeking for service, may earn enough to provide for themselves, and save something against a rainy day.”
  
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• “Existence without knowledge and love cannot be; knowledge without love and love without knowledge cannot be. What we want is the harmony of Existence, Knowledge, and Bliss Infinite. For that is our goal. We want harmony, not one-sided development.”
  
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• "All the wealth of the world cannot help one little Indian village if the people are not taught to help themselves. Our work should be mainly educational, both moral and intellectual".
  
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• "We want the education by which character is formed, strength of mind is increased, the intellect is expanded, and by which one can stand on one's own feet".
  
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• "A nation is advanced in proportion to education and intelligence spread among the masses".
  
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• “With every man, there is an idea; the external man is only the outward manifestation, the mere language of this idea within. Likewise, every nation has a corresponding national idea. This idea is working for the world and is necessary for its preservation”
  
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