We are ever free if we would only believe it, only have faith enough. — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
To succeed, you must have tremendous perseverance, tremendous will. — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
The best guide in life is strength. In religion, as in all other matters, discard everything that weakens you, have nothing to… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
The essence of Vedanta is that there is but one Being and that every soul is that Being in full, not a… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Be an atheist if you want, but do not believe in anything unquestioningly. — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Neither seek nor avoid; take what comes. It is liberty to be affected by nothing. Do not merely endure; be unattached. — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Stand up, be bold, be strong. Take the whole responsibility on your own shoulders, and know that you are the creator of… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Are great things ever done smoothly? Time, patience, and indomitable will must show. — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
We reap what we sow. We are the makers of our own fate. None else has the blame, none has the praise. — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Not believing in the glory of our own soul is what the Vedanta calls atheism. — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
He whom the sages have been seeking in all these places is in our own hearts; the voice that you heard was… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Look upon every man, woman, and everyone as God. You cannot help anyone, you can only serve: serve the children of the… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
The principles of the Vedanta not only should be preached everywhere in India, but also outside. Our thought must enter into the… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
We are ever free if we would only believe it, only have faith enough. You are the soul, free and eternal, ever… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
There is no help for you outside of yourself; you are the creator of the universe. Like the silkworm you have built… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
The one theme of the Vedanta philosophy is the search after unity. The Hindu mind does not care for the particular; it… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Freedom can never be reached by the weak. Throw away all weakness. Tell your body that it is strong, tell your mind… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
We came to enjoy; we are being enjoyed. We came to rule; we are being ruled. We came to work; we are… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
It is very difficult to understand why in this country [India] so much difference is made between men and women, whereas the… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
It is weakness, says the Vedanta, which is the cause of all misery in this world. Weakness is the one cause of… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
The Vedanta teaches men to have faith in themselves first. As certain religions of the world say that a man who does… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Brave, bold men, these are what we want. What we want is vigor in the blood, strength in the nerves, iron muscles… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Prana, according to the Vedanta, is the principle of life. It is like ether, an omnipresent principle; and all motion, either in… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Life is called Samsara - it is the result of the conflicting forces acting upon us. Materialism says, "The voice of freedom… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
From the high spiritual flights of the Vedanta philosophy, of which the latest discoveries of science seem like echoes, to the low… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Ay! says the Vedanta, it is not the fault of God that this partiality exists, that this competition exists. Who makes it?… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
“Vairâgya or renunciation is the turning point in all the various Yogas. The Karmi (worker) renounces the fruits of his work. The… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
This is a world of good and evil. Wherever there is good, evil follows, but beyond and behind all these manifestations, all… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
“Never say, "O Lord, I am a miserable sinner." Who will help you? You are the help of the universe. What in… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
There is no help for you, outside yourself; You are the creator of the universe. — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Man, therefore, according to the Vedanta philosophy, is the greatest being that is in the universe. — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Thank God for giving you this world as a moral gymnasium to help your development, but never imagine you can help the… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
"Comfort" is no test of truth; on the contrary, truth is often far from being "comfortable". — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
You see, no one can teach anybody. The teacher spoils everything by thinking that he is teaching. Thus Vedanta says that within… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
The Vedanta recognizes no sin it only recognizes error. And the greatest error, says the Vedanta is to say that you are… — 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
Everything that has name and form must begin in time, exist in time, and end in time. These are settled doctrines of… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
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
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
![“It is very difficult to understand why in this country [India] so much difference is made between men and women, whereas the Vedanta declares that one and the same conscious Self is present in all beings. You always criticize the women, but say what have you done for their uplift? Writing down…” quote by Swami Vivekananda](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/41d/swami-vivekananda-53_binding_it-is-very-difficult-to-understand-why-i_3204867.jpg)
