A few heart-whole, sincere, and energetic men and women can do more in a year than a mob in a century. — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
My brother, do men grieve over the fight of cats and dogs? So the jealousy, envy, and elbowing of common men should… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
What makes a man stand up and work? Strength. Strength is goodness, weakness is sin. — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
The glory of man is that he is a thinking being. It is the nature of man to think and therein he… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
The older I grow, the more I see behind the idea of the Hindus that man is the greatest of all beings. — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Have faith in man, whether he appears to you to be a very learned one or a most ignorant one — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Every human being has the right to ask the reason, why, and to have his question answered by himself, if he only… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Shri Ramakrishna use to say, "As Long as I Live, so long do I learn". That man or that society which has… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
There is only one sin and it is: weakness. When I was a boy, I read Milton's Paradise Lost. The only good… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
How often does a man ruin his disciples by remaining always with them! When men are once trained, it is essential that… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Give up all self, all egotisms get out of anger, lust, give all to God. "I am not, but Thou art; the… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
[Perfection] is only possible if the mind of man is changed, if he, of his own sweet will, changes his mind; and… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Today the West is awakening to its wants; and the "true self of man and spirit" is the watchword of the advanced… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
It is the nature of the brute to remain where he is (not to progress); it is the nature of man to… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
We never want Him. We say, "Lord, give me a fine house." We want the house, not Him. "Give me health! Save… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
We must recognise that duty and morality vary under different circumstances; not that the man who resists evil is doing what is… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
We want Shraddhâ, we want faith in our own selves. Strength is life, weakness is death. 'We are the Âtman, deathless and… — 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
Do not stand on a high pedestal and take 5 cents in your hand and say, here, my poor man, but be… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Every one is struggling for freedom-from the atom to the star. The ignorant man is satisfied if he can get freedom within… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Never mind failures; they are quite natural, they are the beauty of life, these failures. What would life be without them? It… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Jesus Christ was God - the Personal God become man. He has manifested Himself many times in different forms and these alone… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Truth alone triumphs, not untruth. Through truth alone lies the way to Devayana (the way to the gods). Those who think that… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
With everything we do in life we identify ourselves. Here is a man who says harsh words to me. I feel anger… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
All progress and power are already in every man; perfection is man's nature, only it is barred in and prevented from taking… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
As soon as extreme attachment comes, a man loses himself, he is no more master of himself, he is a slave. — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
The day, man will find that he never really dies; that his Soul persists beyond death; he will have no more fear… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
What is marriage but the renunciation of unchastity? The savage does not marry. Man marries because he renounces. — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Happiness presents itself to man, wearing the crown of sorrow on its head. He who welcomes it must also welcome sorrow. — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Perfection is one thing and enjoyment another; these two having different ends, engage men differently. — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Man is to become divine by realizing the divine. Idols or temples, or churches or books, are only the supports, the help… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Man as Atman is really free; as man he is bound, changed by every physical condition. — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Liberty in thought and action is the only condition of life, growth and well-being: Where it does not exist, the man, the… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
The man who becomes angry never does a great amount of work, and the man whom nothing can make angry accomplishes so… — 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
The same power is in every man, the one manifesting more, the other less; the same potentiality is in everyone. — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
The ego of man and woman is the soul. If the soul is independent, how then can it be isolated from the… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
A man could be in a throne and have no attachment at all; another one could be in rags and have many… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
So long as the millions live in hunger and ignorance, I hold every man a traitor who, having been educated at their… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
When a man is perfect, he sees perfection in others. When he sees imperfection, it is his own mind projecting itself. — 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