Our first duty is not to hate ourselves, because to advance we must have faith in ourselves first and then in God.… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
whatever you think that you will be. if you think yourself weak,weak you will be; if you think yourself strong,you will be — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Women will work out their destinies — much better, too, than men can ever do for them. All the mischief to women… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Be moral. Be brave. Be a heart-whole man, strictly moral, brave unto desperation. Don't bother your head with religious theories. Cowards only… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
All power is within you. Believe in that,do not believe that you are weak... Stand up and express the Divinity within you. — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Be not afraid of anything. You will do marvelous work. The moment you fear, you are nobody. Be a hero. Always say,… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Do not say we are weak; we can do anything and everything. What can we not do? Everything can be done by… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
This life is a hard fact; work your way through it boldly, though it may be adamantine; no matter, the soul is… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
What makes you weep, my friend? In you is all power. Summon up your all-powerful nature, O mighty one, and this whole… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
You are strong, omnipotent, and omniscient. No matter that you have not expressed it yet, it is in you. All knowledge is… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
First, let us be Gods, and then help others to be Gods. "Be and make." Let this be our motto. Say not… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Fear is death, fear is sin, fear is hell, fear is unrighteousness, and fear is wrong life. All the negative thoughts and… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Above all, beware of compromises. I do not mean that you are to get into antagonism with anybody, but you have to… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Go on bravely. Do not expect success in a day or a year. Always hold on to the highest. Be steady. Avoid… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Let each one of us pray day and night for the downtrodden millions who are held fast by poverty, priestcraft, and tyranny.… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
The varieties of religious belief are an advantage, since all faiths are good, so far as they encourage us to lead a… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Why are people so afraid? The answer is that they have made themselves helpless and dependent on others. We are so lazy,… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Work unto death! I am with you, and when I am gone, my spirit will work with you. This life comes and… — 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
