Pay no attention whatsoever to newspaper nonsense or criticism. Be sincere and do your duty. Everything will come all right. Truth must… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Perfect sincerity, holiness, gigantic intellect, and all-conquering will. Let only a handful of men work with these, and the whole world will… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
So long as there is desire or want, it is a sure sign that there is imperfection. A perfect, free being cannot… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Do not lower your goals to the level of your abilities. Instead, raise your abilities to the height of your goals. — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Don't look back—forward, infinite energy, infinite enthusiasm, infinite daring, and infinite patience—then alone can great deeds be accomplished. — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Say, "I can do everything ." "Even if poison of a snake is powerless if you can firmly deny it." — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Be free; hope for nothing from anyone. I am sure if you look back upon your lives you will find that you… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
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
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
Advaita is the only system that gives us complete control over ourselves, takes off all dependence and its associated superstitions, thus making… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Each one of you has a glorious future if you dare believe me. Have a tremendous faith in yourselves, like the faith… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
No one step back, that is the idea… Fight it out, whatever comes. Let the stars move from the sphere! Let the… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Be not afraid , for all great power throughout the history of humanity has been with the people. From out of their… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
To succeed, you must have tremendous perserverance... tremendous will. "I will drink the ocean", says the perservering soul; at my will mountains… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Nature, body, mind go to death, not we. We neither go nor come. The man Vivekananda is in nature, is born and… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Do not be afraid of a small beginning. great things come afterwards. Be courageous. Do not try to lead your brethren, but… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Everything will come right if you are pure and sincere. We want hundreds like you bursting upon society and bringing new life… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
The truths of Upanishadas are before you. Take them up, live up to them, and the salvation of Bharat will be at… — 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 Image
However we may receive blows, and however knocked about we may be, the Soul is there and is never injured. We are… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Every idea that strengthens you must be taken up and every thought that weakens you must be rejected. — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Stand up, be bold, and take the blame on your own shoulders. Do not go about throwing mud at others; for all… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
I loved my motherland dearly before I went to America and England. After my return, every particle of dust of this land… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
I, for one, thoroughly believe that no power in the universe can withhold from anyone anything they really deserve. — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Bold words and bolder deeds are what we want. Awake, awake, great ones! The world is burning with misery. Can you sleep? — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
There is one thing to be remembered: that the assertion 'I am God' cannot be made with regard to the sense-world. — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Do you have the belief in you to move on, even when the whole world is against you, with swords in their… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Astrology and all these mystical things are generally signs of a weak mind; therefore as soon as they are becoming prominent in… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
He who always thinks himself as weak will never become strong, but he who knows himself to be a lion, rushes out… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
All truth is eternal. Truth is nobody’s property; no race, no individual can lay any exclusive claim to it. Truth is the… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
No great work can be achieved by humbug. It is through love, a passion for truth, and tremendous energy, that all undertakings… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Go and preach to all, 'Arise, awake, sleep no more: within each of you there is the power to remove all wants… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Fill the brain with high thoughts, highest ideals, place them day and night before you, and out of that will come great… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Tell the truth boldly, whether it hurts or not. Never pander to weakness. If truth is too much for intelligent people and… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
This is the central idea of the Gita- to be calm and steadfast in all circumstances, with one's body, mind, and soul… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Do not figure out big plans at first, but, begin slowly, feel your ground and proceed up and up. — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
As soon as you know the voice and understand what it is, the whole scene changes. The same world which was the… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
None will be able to resist truth and love and sincerity. Are you sincere? Unselfish even unto death, and loving? Then fear… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Know that every time you feel weak, you not only hurt yourself but also the cause. Infinite faith and strength are the… — 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
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
