Nature Quotes by Swami Vivekananda

The earth is enjoyed by heroes

— Swami Vivekananda

Only those who want nothing are masters of Nature.

— Swami Vivekananda

And what causes fear? Ignorance of our own nature.

— Swami Vivekananda

Man in his true nature is substance, soul, spirit.

— Swami Vivekananda

External nature is only internal nature writ large.

— Swami Vivekananda

Man is born to conquer nature and not to follow it.

— Swami Vivekananda

Change is the nature of all objective things.

— Swami Vivekananda

“As such he cannot experience the nature of the soul. ...”

— Swami Vivekananda

He who has conquered the internal nature controls the whole universe; it becomes his servant.

— Swami Vivekananda

Man cannot be satisfied by wealth. Man cannot go beyond his nature, no more than you can jump out of your body.

— Swami Vivekananda

Man is man so long as he is struggling to rise above nature, and this nature is both internal and external.

— Swami Vivekananda

Internal and external nature, mind and matter, are in time and space, and are bound by the law of causation.

— Swami Vivekananda

The natural state of this universe is attraction; and that is surely followed by an ultimate disunion.

— Swami Vivekananda

Each man is perfect by his nature; prophets have manifested this perfection, but it is potential in us.

— Swami Vivekananda

It is nature that is changing, not the soul of man. This never changes.

— Swami Vivekananda

This earth is higher than all the heavens; this is the greatest school in the universe.

— Swami Vivekananda

To the person who desires nothing and does not get entangled in desires, the manifold changes of nature are one panorama of…

— Swami Vivekananda

Realize your true nature. That is all there is to do. Know yourself as you are - infinite Spirit. That is practical…

— Swami Vivekananda

“When we begin to work earnestly in the world, nature gives us blows right and left and soon enables us to find…

— Swami Vivekananda

“so even though all the senses bring in sensations from nature, the ocean-like heart of the sage knows no disturbance, knows no…

— Swami Vivekananda

We are bound to earth by desire and also to God, heaven, and the angels. A slave is a slave whether to…

— Swami Vivekananda

Renunciation is always the ideal of every race; only other races do not know what they are made to do by nature…

— Swami Vivekananda

If you think that you are bound, you remain bound; you make your own bondage. If you know that you are free,…

— Swami Vivekananda

“A perfect life is a contradiction in terms. Life itself is a state of continuous struggle between ourselves and everything outside. Every…

— Swami Vivekananda

It is good and very grand to conquer external nature, but grander still to conquer our internal nature… This conquering of the…

— Swami Vivekananda

According to the law of nature, wherever there is an awakening of a new and stronger life, there it tries to conquer…

— Swami Vivekananda

Each soul is potentially divine. The goal is to manifest this divinity by controlling nature, external and internal. Do this either by…

— Swami Vivekananda

The greatest help to spiritual life is meditation. In meditation we divest ourselves of all material conditions and feel our divine nature.…

— Swami Vivekananda

You are the Children of God, the sharers of immortal bliss, holy and perfect beings. You divinities on earth. Come up, O…

— Swami Vivekananda

The power of meditation gets us everything. If you want to get power over nature, [you can have it through meditation]. It…

— Swami Vivekananda

Everything that we perceive around us is struggling towards freedom, from the atom to the man, from the insentient, lifeless particle of…

— Swami Vivekananda

Give up the idea that by ruling over others you can do any good to them. But you can do just as…

— Swami Vivekananda

God is true. The universe is a dream. Blessed am I that I know this moment that I have been and shall…

— Swami Vivekananda

After every happiness comes misery; they may be far apart or near. The more advanced the soul, the more quickly does one…

— Swami Vivekananda

“If a man can realize his divine nature with the help of an image, would it be right to call that a…

— Swami Vivekananda

If there is inequality in nature, still there must be equal chance for all - or if greater for some and for…

— Swami Vivekananda

“The whole world has been asking for the same these thousands of years. There is, again, the universal dissatisfaction. We make an…

— Swami Vivekananda

The progress and civilisation of the human race simply mean controlling this nature.

— Swami Vivekananda

Each man is divine. Each man that you see is a God by his very nature.

— Swami Vivekananda

What we call powers, secrets of nature, and force, are all within. In the external world are only a series of changes.

— Swami Vivekananda