Everything can be sacrificed for truth, but truth cannot be sacrificed for anything.
Swami VivekanandaRead
Never allow weakness to overtake your mind. Remember Mahavira, remember the Divine Mother! And you will see that all weakness, all cowardice will vanish at once.
Interpretation
What this quote means
Overcome mental weakness by remembering powerful spiritual figures.
This quote emphasizes the importance of mental strength and the need to overcome feelings of weakness and cowardice. By recalling the virtues of spiritual icons like Mahavira and the Divine Mother, one can find the courage and strength necessary to combat negative thoughts and feelings, allowing empowerment and resilience to take their place.
Themes
WeaknessStrengthCourageMindEmpowerment
In practice
Example use cases
Use this quote during a motivational speech to inspire attendees to overcome their fears.
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I have come to deal with principles. I have only to preach that God comes again and again, and that He came in India as Krishna, Rama, and Buddha, and that He will come again. It can almost be demonstrated that after each 500 years the world sinks, and a tremendous spiritual wave comes, and on the top of the wave is a Christ.
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Salvation means knowing the truth. We do not become anything; we are what we are. Salvation [comes] by faith and not by work. It is a question of knowledge! You must know what you are, and it is done. The dream vanishes. This you [and others] are dreaming here. When they die, they go to [the] heaven [of their dream]. They live in that dream, and [when it ends], they take a nice body [here], and they are good people.
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