Swami Vivekananda's Quotes On Ignoring

If anybody attacks me,
simply ignore his existence. . . .

—Swami Vivekananda

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There  is a proverb "Ignoring is the best weapon". In this article we'll make a collection of Swami Vivekananda's quotes on ignoring.

• Be fearless. Ignore the ordinary critics as worms!^[Source]
• I do not want to quarrel with the Theosophists, but my position is entirely ignoring them.^[Source]
• If anybody attacks me, simply ignore his existence. . . .^[Source]
• Not until you learn to ignore the question of sex and to meet on a ground of common humanity will your women really develop. Until then they are playthings, nothing more.^[Source]
• The man who is alert, calm, self - restrained, and discriminating, ignores the external world and diving more and more into the inner world, realises the glory of the Atman and becomes great.^[Source]
• They may have a little influence; but it is our duty to ignore them rather than hearken to them and make ourselves nervous. This I lay down as the first essential in all I teach: anything that brings spiritual, mental, or physical weakness, touch it not with the toes of your feet.^[Source]
• You are also men, and can't you ignore this trash of sensual enjoyment that won't last for two days?^[Source]

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