"All progress and power are already in..." - Quote by Swami Vivekananda
All progress and power are already in every man; perfection is man's nature, only it is barred in and prevented from taking its proper course.
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“Out of purity and silence comes the word of power.”
“Practice is absolutely necessary. You may sit down and listen to me by the hour every day, but if you do not practice, you will not get one step further. It all depends on practice.”
“What is the use of talking of one's mistakes to the world? They cannot thereby be undone. For what one has done one must suffer; one must try and do better. The world sympathizes only with the strong and the powerful.”
More on Potential
“The spirit of a youthThat means to be of note, begins betimes.”
“Who shall set a limit to the influence of a human being?”
“I do not believe that we can put into anyone ideas which are not in him already. As a rule there are in everyone all sorts of good ideas, ready like tinder. But much of this tinder catches fire, or catches it successfully, only when it meets some flame or spark from outside, i.e., from some other person.”
More on Perfection
“Continuous improvement is better than delayed perfection.”
“Consciously or unconsciously, we are all striving for perfection. Every being must attain to it.”
“Nobody has a perfect life and it's entirely possible that if you want someone else's life they are busy wanting someone else's too–maybe even yours.”