Be not afraid of anything. You will do marvellous work. The moment you fear, you are nobody.
Did Vivekananda say "Be not afraid of anything. You..."?
Paraphrase
Partly. The shared line is a reworded version of what he said in Address of Welcome Presented at Calcutta and Reply (Complete Works, vol 3). The first two sentences are his, word for word. The last one comes from later in the same paragraph, where he says "it is fearlessness that brings heaven even in a moment."
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“Be not afraid of anything. You will do marvellous work. It is fearlessness that brings heaven even in a moment.”
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Also in his words
“It is fearlessness that brings heaven even in a moment.” Complete Works vol 3, Address of Welcome Presented at Calcutta and Reply.
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Is "Be not afraid of anything. You..." in the Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda?
Partly. The shared line is a reworded version of what he said in Address of Welcome Presented at Calcutta and Reply (Complete Works, vol 3).
How do you check a Vivekananda quote?
Search a distinctive phrase in the Complete Works (Advaita Ashrama, nine volumes; the text is on ramakrishnavivekananda.info and Wikisource). If only quote sites carry it, with no volume or lecture named, treat it as unverified.
Sources and method
Matched against The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda, Mayavati Memorial Edition, vols 1 to 8 (9,239 paragraphs, Bengali translations checked separately), with Python difflib. In his words: 90 or more out of 100. Paraphrase: 70 to 90. Not in his works: under 70, and no hit in a phrase search of Wikisource across all volumes, including vol 9. This line scored 71.