The wave is the same thing as the water, the effect is the cause in another form — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
A man ought to live in this world like a lotus leaf, which grows in water but is never moistened by water;… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Each nation has a main current in life; in India it is religion. Make it strong and the waters on either side… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Fool indeed is he, who, living on the banks of the Ganga, digs a little well for water. Fool indeed is the… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
"The fool, dwelling on the bank of the Ganga, digs a well for water!" Such are we! Living in the midst of… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
What do we call the river? Every moment the water is changing, the shore is changing, every moment the environment is changing,… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
The body is only a tool of the mind. What the mind dictates the body will have to obey. Now I do… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
There are men who practice Titiksha, and succeed in it. There are men who sleep on the banks of the Ganga in… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Give up the idea that by ruling over others you can do any good to them. But you can do just as… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
The vapour becomes snow, then water, then Ganga; but when it is vapour, there is no Ganga, and when it is water,… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
We must always remember that God is Love. "A fool indeed is he who, living on the banks of the Ganga, seeks… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
As the different streams, having their sources in different places, all mingle their water in the sea; O Lord, so the different… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Books are good but they are only maps. Reading a book by direction of a man I read that so many inches… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
The body and mind are continually changing, and are, in fact, only names of series of changeful phenomena, like rivers whose waters… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Do not be afraid of a small beginning. great things come afterwards. Be courageous. Do not try to lead your brethren, but… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
This Maya is everywhere. It is terrible. Yet we have to work through it. The man who says that he will work… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Patanjali, declares that the true secret of evolution is the manifestation of the perfection which is already in every being; that this… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
The more we grow in love and virtue and holiness, the more we see love and virtue and holiness outside. All condemnation… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Each nation has a main current in life; in India it is religion. Make it strong and the waters on either side… — 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
