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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