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101 " The orthodox Hindu [the Mimâmsaka] does not believe in gods, the unorthodox believe in them. "
― Vivekananda , Lectures on Bhagavad Gita
102 " We know how often in our lives through laziness and cowardice we give up the battle and try to hypnotise our minds into the belief that we are brave. "
103 " the doctrine of non-attachment. "
104 " He who stops his activities and at the same time is still thinking about them attains to nothing; he only becomes a hypocrite. But he who by the power of his mind gradually brings his sense-organs under control, employing them in work, that man is better. Therefore do thou work "
105 " In every country it is the priest who is conservative, for two reasons — because it is his bread and because he can only move with the people. All priests are not strong. If the people say, “Preach two thousand gods,” the priests will do it. They are the servants of the congregation who pay them. God does not pay them. So blame yourselves before blaming the priests. You can only get the government and the religion and the priesthood you deserve, and no better. "
106 " Nishkâma Karma, or work without desire or attachment. "
107 " Again, we must consider, religion is a [matter of] growth, not a mass of foolish words. "