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Faith & Self-Reliance

“Man is greater than the gods.”
Volume 1 · Steps of Hindu Philosophic Thought →
“Infinite perfection is in every man, though unmanifested.”
Volume 4 · Knowledge: Its Source and Acquirement →
“The worm of today is the God of tomorrow.”
Volume 8 · Unity →
“Man is the greatest being that ever can be.”
Volume 7 · Monday, July 29 →
“Losing faith in one’s self means losing faith in God.”
Volume 3 · The Common Bases of Hinduism →
“You cannot believe in God until you believe in yourself.”
Volume 5 · Sayings and Utterances →
“Talk not about impurity, but say that we are pure.”
Volume 2 · The Real Nature of Man →
“None can help you; help yourself; work out your own salvation.”
Volume 4 · On Lord Buddha →
“It is foolishness, wickedness, downright rascality to say that you are sinners!”
Volume 2 · Immortality →
“Faith is not belief, it is the grasp on the Ultimate, an illumination.”
Volume 7 · Saturday, July 20 →
“This is the one great idea to understand that our power is already ours.”
Volume 3 · The Vedanta →
“No life will be a failure; there is no such thing as failure in the universe.”
Volume 1 · Steps to Realisation →
“We are our own help. If we cannot help ourselves, there is none to help us.”
Volume 1 · Gita III →
“Work out your own salvation. I cannot help you. No man can help you. Help yourself.”
Volume 3 · Personal Traits →
“Each man is divine. Each man that you see is a God by his very nature.”
Volume 9 · The First Step towards Jnana →
“Man always is perfect, or he never could become so; but he had to realise it.”
Volume 8 · Discourses on Jnana-Yoga: IV →
“Do not wait for anybody or anything. Do whatever you can. Build your hope on none.”
Volume 5 · X Alasinga →
“The soul is superior to all environment. “The universe is my father’s kingdom; I am the heir-apparent.””
Volume 6 · Lessons on Bhakti-Yoga →
“Have faith in yourselves, and stand up on that faith and be strong; that is what we need.”
Volume 3 · The Mission of the Vedanta →
“Feel like Christ and you will be a Christ; feel like Buddha and you will be a Buddha.”
Volume 2 · Practical Vedanta: Part I →
“The wind of His grace is always blowing, what you need to do is to unfurl your sail.”
Volume 6 · VI →
“Each man is perfect by his nature; prophets have manifested this perfection, but it is potential in us.”
Volume 7 · Sunday, August 4 →
“Day and night tell yourself what you really are, until you realise (actually realise) your oneness with God.”
Volume 8 · Six Lessons on Raja-Yoga: I →
“You are the highest temple of God; I would rather worship you than any temple, image, or Bible.”
Volume 2 · Practical Vedanta: Part II →
“We who are fools cry that we are weak; we who are fools cry that we are impure.”
Volume 2 · Practical Vedanta: Part I →
“He who asserts he is free, shall be free. He who says he is bound, bound he shall remain.”
Volume 6 · LXIX Shashi →
“Take the whole responsibility on your own shoulders, and know that you are the creator of your own destiny.”
Volume 2 · The Cosmos: The Microcosm →
“Talk not of Yoga to make you pure; you are pure by your very nature. None can teach you.”
Volume 7 · Sunday, July 28 →
“We, we, and none else, are responsible for what we suffer. We are the effects, and we are the causes.”
Volume 3 · Vedantism →
“Trust in the Lord, depend on Him always, and you are on the right track; nothing can prevail against you.”
Volume 5 · XXV Alasinga →