Psychology Quotes by Swami Vivekananda

No two persons have the same mind or the same body.

— Swami Vivekananda

The body and mind are dependent.

— Swami Vivekananda

The whole point is to discipline the mind.

— Swami Vivekananda

Renunciation is of the mind.

— Swami Vivekananda

The infinite library of the Universe is in your mind.

— Swami Vivekananda

Matter is motion outside, mind is motion inside.

— Swami Vivekananda

Man is not mind, he is soul.

— Swami Vivekananda

Religion is the peculiarity of the growth of the Indian mind.

— Swami Vivekananda

Know that the mind which is born to succeed joins itself to a determined will and perseveres.

— Swami Vivekananda

When an idea exclusively occupies the mind, it is transformed into an actual physical or mental state.

— Swami Vivekananda

The finer the instrument, the greater the power. The mind is much finer and more powerful than the body.

— 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 mind is but the subtle part of the body. You must retain great strength in your mind and words.

— Swami Vivekananda

The cheerful mind perseveres and the strong mind hews its way through a thousand difficulties.

— Swami Vivekananda

Through faithful practice, layer after layer of the mind opens before us, and each reveals new facts to us.

— Swami Vivekananda

Mind you, there is no value in learning. You are all mistaken in learning. The only value of knowledge is in the…

— Swami Vivekananda

Thought ceases in meditation; even the mind's elements are quite quiet. Blood circulation stops. His breath stops, but he is not dead.

— Swami Vivekananda

Say to your own minds, "I am He, I am He". Let it ring day and night in your minds like a…

— Swami Vivekananda

“It is our own mental attitude which makes the world what it is for us. Our thoughts make things beautiful, our thoughts…

— Swami Vivekananda

Stamping down the weakness of mind and heart, stand up, saying, "I am possessed of heroism, I am possessed of a steady…

— Swami Vivekananda

We must have friendship for all; we must be merciful toward those that are in misery; when people are happy, we ought…

— Swami Vivekananda

The principles of the Vedanta not only should be preached everywhere in India, but also outside. Our thought must enter into the…

— Swami Vivekananda

Just as I sit down to meditate, all the vilest subjects in the world come up. The whole thing is nauseating. Why…

— 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

Look here — we shall all die! Bear this in mind always, and then the spirit within will wake up. Then only,…

— Swami Vivekananda

Think always: I am ever-pure, ever-knowing, and ever-free. How can I do anything evil? Can I ever be befooled like ordinary people…

— Swami Vivekananda

He who is alone is happy. Do good to all, like everyone, but do not love anyone. It is a bondage, and…

— Swami Vivekananda

How has all the knowledge in the world been gained but by the concentration of the powers of the mind? The world…

— Swami Vivekananda

This world, this universe which our senses feel, or our mind thinks, is but one atom, so to say, of the Infinite,…

— Swami Vivekananda

The one eternal religion is applied to the opinions of various minds and various races. There never was my religion or yours,…

— Swami Vivekananda

The one theme of the Vedanta philosophy is the search after unity. The Hindu mind does not care for the particular; it…

— Swami Vivekananda

“THE MORE SHALL WE LOVE We have to bear in mind that we are all debtors to the world, and that the…

— Swami Vivekananda

“There are three stages in meditation. The first is what is called Dharana, concentrating the mind upon an object. I try to…

— Swami Vivekananda

“The science of Raja-Yoga, in the first place, proposes to give us such a means of observing the internal states. The instrument…

— Swami Vivekananda

“This mind is a part of the universal mind. Each mind is connected with every other mind. And each mind, wherever it…

— Swami Vivekananda

There is the mind itself. It is like a smooth lake which when struck, say by a stone, vibrates. The vibrations gather…

— 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

Everything, both mental and physical, is rigidly bound by the law of causation.

— Swami Vivekananda

I am neither the mind, nor the intellect, nor the ego, nor the mind-stuff

— Swami Vivekananda

Cowards only sin, brave men never, no, not even in mind.

— Swami Vivekananda