If there's a God, we must see him and if there's a soul we must perceive it. Otherwise, it's better not to… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Everything is the living God, the living Christ; see it as such. — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Man is the best mirror, and the purer the man, the more clearly he can reflect God. — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
The God which cannot give me food in this world, cannot give me Heaven in the other world — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
We are the sons of Light and children of God. Glory unto the Lord, we will succeed. — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
There is no help for you, outside yourself; You are the creator of the universe. — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Man makes the mistake of separating himself from God and identifying himself with the body. — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
THE Lord is great! - He will not allow me to become a hypocrite. Now let what is in come out. — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
God is very merciful to those whom He sees struggling heart and soul for spiritual realization. But remain idle, without any struggle,… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
It may be that I shall find it good to get outside of my body - to cast it off like a… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
God is self-evident, impersonal, omniscient, the Knower and the Master of nature, the Lord of all. He is behind all worship and… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Onward, my brave boys - money or no money - men or no men! Have you love? Have you God? Onward and… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
The way to God is the opposite to that of the world. And to few, very few, are given to have God… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Seeing a cat loving her kittens stand and pray. God has become manifest there; literally believe this. Repeat "I am Thine, I… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
In whatever name or form they are offered, all these flowers are laid at God's feet, for He is the one Lord… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Man has infinite power within himself, and he can realise it - he can realise himself as the one infinite Self. It… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
In every man and in every animal, however weak or wicked, great or small, resides the same omnipresent, omniscient soul. The difference… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
The Lord has declared to the Hindu in His incarnation as Krishna. I am in every religion as the thread through a… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
We say that if a temple, or a symbol, or an image helps you to realize the Divine within, you are welcome… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Since everything emanates from God, he is the embodied principle in every being. Each one of us is made from God. Tat… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
“Ignorance is the mother of all the evil and all the misery we see. Let men have light, let them be pure… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Unselfishness is God. One may live on a throne, in a golden palace, and be perfectly unselfish; and then he is in… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
It is not that Christ is superior to Allah, not that Allah is everything and Brahma is nothing, but it is the… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
The Buddhists or the Jains do not depend upon God; but the whole force of their religion is directed to the great… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Stand as a rock; you are indestructible. You are the Self (atman), the God of the universe. — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Highest love for God can never be achieved without renunciation. — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Each man is divine. Each man that you see is a God by his very nature. — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
“Then the gods become no gods; death becomes no death; life becomes no life.” — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
We can have no conception of God higher than man, so our God is man, and man is God. — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Any time you attempt to make a God beyond Christ, you murder the whole thing. God alone can worship God. — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
God is to be worshiped as the one Beloved, dearer than everything in this and the next life. — 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