“A good practice carried to an extreme and worked in accordance with the letter of the law becomes a positive evil.” — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Jnana, bhakti, yoga and karma - these are the four paths which lead to spiritual freedom. One must follow the path for… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Evil company is always to be shunned; because it leads to lust and anger, illusion, forgetfulness of the goal, destruction of the… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
One way for attaining Bhakti is by repeating the name of God a number of times. Mantras have effect: the mere repetition… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Every act of charity, every thought of sympathy, every action of help, every good deed, is taking so much of self-importance away… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Who cares for your bhakti and mukti? Who cares what your scriptures say? I will go into a thousand hells cheerfully if… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Arise! Arise! A tidal wave is coming! Onward! Men and women, down to the Chandala (Pariah) - all are pure in his… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
“The tender plant of spirituality will die if exposed too early to the action of a constant change of ideas and ideals.… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
“Vairâgya or renunciation is the turning point in all the various Yogas. The Karmi (worker) renounces the fruits of his work. The… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Only love for the Supreme Lord is true Bhakti. Love for any other being, however great, is not Bhakti. The "Supreme Lord"… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
“The one great advantage of Bhakti is that it is the easiest and most natural way to reach the great divine end… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Every action that helps us manifest our divine nature more and more is good; every action that retards it is evil. — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share
The Hindus have a peculiar slovenliness in business matters, not being sufficiently methodical and strict in keeping accounts etc. — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share
Let positive, strong, helpful thoughts enter into your brains from very childhood. Lay yourselves open to these thoughts, and not to weakening and paralysing… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share
Where can we go to find God if we cannot see Him in our own hearts and in every living being. — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share
It is the free alone which never changes, and the unchangeable alone which is free; for change is produced by something exterior to a… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share
The awakening of the soul to its bondage and its effort to stand up and assert itself - this is called life. — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share
Though an atom is invisible, unthinkable, yet in it are the whole power and potency of the universe. — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share
Nothing can be produced without a cause, and the effect is but the cause reproduced. — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share
All the strength and succour you want is within yourselves. Therefore make your own future. "Let the dead past bury its dead." The infinite… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share
Be brave! Be strong! Be fearless! Once you have taken up the spiritual life, fight as long as there is any life in you.… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share
“there is a continuity of mind, as the Yogis call it. The mind is universal. Your mind, my mind, all these little minds, are… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share
