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“A man's accomplishments in life are the cumulative effect of his attention to detail.”

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John Foster Dulles was a prominent American politician and diplomat, born on February 25, 1888, and died on May 24, 1959. He served as the United States Secretary of State during the Cold War era, significantly influencing American foreign policy with his firm anti-communist stance and realist approach. more

“I do not believe in eternal progress, that we are growing on ever and ever in a straight line. It is too nonsensical to believe. There is no motion in a straight line. A straight line infinitely projected becomes a circle. The force sent out will complete the circle and return to its starting place.”

Believe Force Lines Growing Progress Return Eternal Starting Circles Straight Lines Nonsensical

Book:The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda

Source: The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda

“It is the nature of the brute to remain where he is (not to progress); it is the nature of man to seek good and avoid evil; it is the nature of God to seek neither, but just to be eternally blissful. Let us be God!”

Men Evil Progress Brutes Nature Of Man

Book:Selections from Swami Vivekananda

Source: Selections from Swami Vivekananda

“It is too often believed that a person in his progress towards perfection passes from error to truth; that when he passes on from one thought to another, he must necessarily reject the first. But no error can lead to truth. The soul passing through its different stages goes from truth to truth, and each stage is true; it goes from lower truth to higher truth.”

Firsts Persons Different Soul Progress Stage Higher Perfection Errors Passing Passings Rejects Passing Through

Book:The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda

Source: The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda

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