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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Arise, awake, sleep no more;
within each of you there is the power to remove all wants and all miseries.
Believe this, and that power will be manifested.
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Be free; hope for nothing
from anyone. I am sure if you look back upon your lives you will find that you
were always vainly trying to get help from others which never came.
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Be not afraid, for all
great power throughout the history of humanity has been with the people. From
out of their ranks have come all the greatest geniuses of the world and history
can only repeat itself. Be not afraid of anything. You will do marvelous work.
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Be not in despair, the way
is very difficult, like walking on the edge of a razor; yet despair not, arise,
awake, and find the ideal, the goal.
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Be strong, my young
friends; that is my advice to you. You will be nearer to Heaven through
football than through the study of the Gita. These are bold words; but I have
to say them, for I love you. I know where the shoe pinches.
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Calm and silent and steady work
and no newspaper humbug, no name-making, you must always remember.
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Come out into the broad
open light of day, come out from the little narrow paths, for how can the
infinite soul rest content to live and die in small ruts? Come out into the
universe of Light. Everything in the universe is yours, stretch out your arms
and embrace it with love. If you ever felt you wanted to do that, you have felt
God.
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Cowards only sin, brave men
never, no, not even in mind.
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Do not be afraid of a small
beginning. Great things come afterwards. Be courageous. Do not try to lead your
brethren, but serve them. The brutal mania for leading has sunk many a great
ships in the waters of life. Take care especially of that, i.e. be unselfish
even unto death, and work.
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Do not figure out big plans
at first, but, begin slowly, feel your ground and proceed up and up.
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Do not wait for anybody or
anything. Do whatever you can. Build your hope on none.
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Go on bravely. Do not
expect success in a day or a year. Always hold on to the highest. Be steady.
Avoid jealousy and selfishness. Be obedient and eternally faithful to the cause
of truth, humanity, and your country, and you will move the world.
----***----
Have faith in yourselves, and
stand up on that faith and be strong; that is what we need.
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Hold on to your own ideal.
. . . Above all, never attempt to guide or rule others, or, as the Yankees say,
"boss" others. Be the servant of all.
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I hate cowardice; I will
have nothing to do with cowards or political nonsense. I do not believe in any
politics. God and truth are the only politics in the world, everything else is
trash.
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I want each one of my
children to be a hundred times greater than I could ever be. Every one of you must be
a giant— must, that is my word. Obedience, readiness, and love for the cause—
if you have these three, nothing can hold you back.
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If you are really my
children, you will fear nothing, stop at nothing. You will be like lions. We
must rouse India and the whole world. No cowardice. I will take no nay. Do you
understand?
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If you can think that
infinite power, infinite knowledge and indomitable energy lie within you, and
if you can bring out that power, you also can become like me.
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Infinite patience, infinite
purity, and infinite perseverance are the secret of success in a good cause.
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It is our own mental
attitude which makes the world what it is for us. Our thoughts make things
beautiful, our thoughts make things ugly. The whole world is in our own minds.
Learn to see things in the proper light.
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Know that every time you
feel weak, you not only hurt yourself but also the cause. Infinite faith and
strength are the only conditions of success.
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Let people say whatever
they like, stick to your own convictions, and rest assured, the world will be
at your feet. They say, 'Have faith in this fellow or that fellow', but, I say,
'Have faith in yourself first'. that's the way.
----***----
Man is born to conquer
nature and not to follow it.
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Man never dies, nor is he
ever born; bodies die, but he never dies.
----***----
Neither numbers nor powers
nor wealth nor learning nor eloquence nor anything else will prevail, but
purity, living the life, in one word, anubhuti, realization. Let there be a
dozen such lion-souls in each country, lions who have broken their own bonds, who
have touched the Infinite, whose whole soul is gone to Brahman, who care
neither for wealth nor power nor fame, and these will be enough to shake the
world
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Never think there is
anything impossible…..It is the greatest heresy to think so.
----***----
Never mind the struggles, the mistakes. I never
heard a cow tell a lie, but it is only a cow— never a man. So never mind these
failures, these little backslidings; hold the ideal a thousand times, and
if you fail a thousand times, make the attempt once more.
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Never think there is
anything impossible for the soul. It is the greatest heresy to think so. If
there is sin, this is the only sin? To say that you are weak or others are
weak.
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No great work can be
achieved by humbug. It is through love, a passion for truth, and tremendous
energy, that all undertakings are accomplished.
----***----
No need for looking behind.
FORWARD! We want infinite energy, infinite zeal, infinite courage, and infinite
patience, then only will great things achieved.
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Oh, if only you knew
yourselves! You are souls; you are Gods. If ever I feel like blaspheming, it is
when I call you man.
----***----
Pay no attention whatsoever
to newspaper nonsense or criticism. Be sincere and do your duty. Everything
will come all right. Truth must triumph.
----***----
Perfect sincerity,
holiness, gigantic intellect, and all-conquering will. Let only a handful of
men work with these, and the whole world will be revolutionized.
----***----
Persevere on, my brave
lads, we have only just begun. Never Despond! Never say enough!
----***----
Purity, perseverance, and
energy— these three I want.
----***----
Purity, patience and
perseverance overcome all obstacles. All great things must of necessity be
slow.
----***----
Say, "I can do
everything." "Even if poison of a snake is powerless if you can
firmly deny it."
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Say, "This misery that
I am suffering is of my own doing, and that very thing proves that it will have
to be undone by me alone."
----***----
Take courage and work on.
Patience and steady work— this is the only way.
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