Time Quotes by Swami Vivekananda

“There was never a time when we did not exist.”

— Swami Vivekananda

“There will never be a time when we shall not exist.”

— Swami Vivekananda

Every time you meditate you will keep your growth.

— Swami Vivekananda

Neither object nor time off, put up with what comes.

— Swami Vivekananda

The moment you fear, you are nobody.

— Swami Vivekananda

“Man is miserable this moment, happy the next.”

— Swami Vivekananda

Through the grace of the Almighty Power, it is sure to manifest itself in time.

— Swami Vivekananda

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

— Swami Vivekananda

Great work requires great and persistent effort for a long time. ... Character has to be established through a thousand stumbles.

— Swami Vivekananda

Many a time comes when we want to interpret our weakness and cowardice as forgiveness and renunciation.

— Swami Vivekananda

Charity is great, but the moment you say it is all, you run the risk of running into materialism.

— Swami Vivekananda

If you dare declare that you are free, free you are this moment. If you say you are bound, bound you will…

— Swami Vivekananda

It is the patient building of character, the intense struggle to realize the truth, which alone will tell in the future of…

— Swami Vivekananda

The past was great no doubt, but I sincerely believe that the future will be more glorious still.

— Swami Vivekananda

Our duty is to encourage every one in his struggle to live up to his own highest idea, and strive at the…

— Swami Vivekananda

My hope of the future lies in the youths of character, intelligent, renouncing all for the service of others, and obedient -…

— Swami Vivekananda

The moment you think creed and form and ceremony the "be-all" and "end-all", then you are in bondage. Take part in them…

— Swami Vivekananda

Live for an ideal, and that one ideal alone. Let it be so great, so strong, that there may be nothing else…

— Swami Vivekananda

It is fear that is the cause of our woes, and it is fearlessness that brings heaven in a moment "The earth…

— Swami Vivekananda

The moment I have realized God sitting in the temple of every human body, the moment I stand in reverence before every…

— Swami Vivekananda

Everything which has name and form must die. If there are heavens with forms, these heavens must vanish in course of time;…

— Swami Vivekananda

I fervently wish no misery ever came near anyone; yet it is that alone that gives us an insight into the depths…

— Swami Vivekananda

Every time you think of doing some charity, you think there is some beggar to take your charity. If you say, "O…

— Swami Vivekananda

I am one of the proudest men ever born, but let me tell you frankly, it is not for myself, but on…

— Swami Vivekananda

I am really not "cyclonic" at all. Far from it. What I want is not here, nor can I longer bear this…

— Swami Vivekananda

For a time it seemed inevitable that the surging tide of agnosticism and materialism would sweep all before it. There were those…

— Swami Vivekananda

Plunge into the world, and then, after a time, when you have suffered and enjoyed all that is in it, will renunciation…

— Swami Vivekananda

We find the vast majority of people in every country believing that there will be a time when this world will become…

— Swami Vivekananda

Never mind failures; they are quite natural, they are the beauty of life, these failures. What would life be without them? It…

— Swami Vivekananda

We are all the time, from our childhood, trying to lay the blame upon something outside ourselves. We are always standing up…

— 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

“Curiously enough, it seems that at times the spiritual side prevails, and then the materialistic side—in wave-like motions following each other. ...At…

— Swami Vivekananda

“Starting as some fungus, some very minute, microscopic bubble, and all the time drawing from that infinite store-house of energy, a form…

— Swami Vivekananda

“But there is yet time to change our ways. Give up all those old discussions, old fights about things which are meaningless,…

— Swami Vivekananda

“The root being there, the fruition comes (in the form of) species, life, and experience of pleasure and pain. The roots, the…

— Swami Vivekananda

The cause of today is the effect of the past and the cause for the future.

— Swami Vivekananda

The present is determined by our past actions, and the future by the present.

— Swami Vivekananda

Are great things ever done smoothly? Time, patience, and indomitable will must show.

— Swami Vivekananda

“The mind is in its own nature when it is calm. The moment you can calm it, that [very] moment you will…

— Swami Vivekananda

The one who actually succeeds in making himself believe that he is having a good time is the man of splendid physical…

— Swami Vivekananda