--- title: "12 Blessed Quotes By Swami Vivekananda" description: "12 Blessed quotes by Swami Vivekananda. Plus more from Swami Vivekananda and more Blessed sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/69d/swami-vivekananda-53_blessed_blessed-are-they-whose-bodies-get-destro_2237650.jpg" --- > [Blessed are they whose bodies get destroyed in the service of others.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/blessed-are-they-whose-bodies-get-destroyed-in-the-service-of-others/) [Swami Vivekananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/swami-vivekananda/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/69d/swami-vivekananda-53_blessed_blessed-are-they-whose-bodies-get-destro_2237650.jpg) > [Here in this blessed land, the foundation, the backbone, the life-centre is religion and religion alone.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/here-in-this-blessed-land-the-foundation-the-backbone-the-life-centre/) [Swami Vivekananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/swami-vivekananda/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/35c/swami-vivekananda-53_backbone_here-in-this-blessed-land-the-foundation_2967925.jpg) > [We are ever free if we would only believe it, only have faith enough. You are the soul, free and eternal, ever…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/we-are-ever-free-if-we-would-only-believe-it-only-have-faith-enough-2/) [Swami Vivekananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/swami-vivekananda/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eb5/swami-vivekananda-53_believe_we-are-ever-free-if-we-would-only-believ_940040.jpg) > [I am responsible for my fate, I am the bringer of good unto myself, I am the bringer of evil. I am…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/i-am-responsible-for-my-fate-i-am-the-bringer-of-good-unto-myself-i/) [Swami Vivekananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/swami-vivekananda/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/51d/swami-vivekananda-53_blessed_i-am-responsible-for-my-fate-i-am-the-br_1004377.jpg) > [The power is with the silent ones, who only live and love and then withdraw their personality. They never say “me” and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/the-power-is-with-the-silent-ones-who-only-live-and-love-and-then/) [Swami Vivekananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/swami-vivekananda/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/290/swami-vivekananda-53_and-love_the-power-is-with-the-silent-ones-who-on_3213075.jpg) > [Despite the many iniquities that have found entrance into the practices of image-worship as it is in vogue now, I do not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/despite-the-many-iniquities-that-have-found-entrance-into-the/) [Swami Vivekananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/swami-vivekananda/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/da2/swami-vivekananda-53_blessed_despite-the-many-iniquities-that-have-fo_2762555.jpg) > [If the suns come down, and the moons crumble into dust, and systems after systems are hurled into annihilation, what is that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/if-the-suns-come-down-and-the-moons-crumble-into-dust-and-systems/) [Swami Vivekananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/swami-vivekananda/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6d0/swami-vivekananda-53_absolutes_if-the-suns-come-down-and-the-moons-crum_1186913.jpg) > [My boat is nearing the calm harbour from which it is never more to be driven out. Glory, glory unto Mother! (Referring…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/my-boat-is-nearing-the-calm-harbour-from-which-it-is-never-more-to-be/) [Swami Vivekananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/swami-vivekananda/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7a3/swami-vivekananda-53_ambition_my-boat-is-nearing-the-calm-harbour-from_200106.jpg) > [Do not stand on a high pedestal and take 5 cents in your hand and say, here, my poor man, but be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/do-not-stand-on-a-high-pedestal-and-take-5-cents-in-your-hand-and-say/) [Swami Vivekananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/swami-vivekananda/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5ae/swami-vivekananda-53_able_do-not-stand-on-a-high-pedestal-and-take_2032778.jpg) > ["Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God." This sentence alone would save mankind if all books and prophets…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/blessed-are-the-pure-in-heart-for-they-shall-see-god-this-sentence/) [Swami Vivekananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/swami-vivekananda/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/42c/swami-vivekananda-53_and-love_blessed-are-the-pure-in-heart-for-they-s_961314.jpg) > ["Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God." Can we see God? Of course not. Can we know God?…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/blessed-are-the-pure-in-heart-for-they-shall-see-god-can-we-see-god/) [Swami Vivekananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/swami-vivekananda/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0ae/swami-vivekananda-53_blessed_blessed-are-the-pure-in-heart-for-they-s_2973529.jpg) > [God is true. The universe is a dream. Blessed am I that I know this moment that I have been and shall…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/god-is-true-the-universe-is-a-dream-blessed-am-i-that-i-know-this/) [Swami Vivekananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/swami-vivekananda/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5db/swami-vivekananda-53_birth_god-is-true-the-universe-is-a-dream-bles_1359169.jpg) ## Other authors on Blessed - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b001/author-raghib-clitso-753.jpg) Raghib Clitso 58 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/blessed/raghib-clitso/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b009/author-elizabeth-george-32530.jpg) Elizabeth George 24 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/blessed/elizabeth-george/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b013/author-jim-george-49759.jpg) Jim George 19 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/blessed/jim-george/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b006/author-charles-spurgeon-22605.jpg) Charles Spurgeon 18 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/blessed/charles-spurgeon/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b013/author-joel-osteen-50643.jpg) Joel Osteen 17 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/blessed/joel-osteen/) - [Lailah Gifty Akita 15 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/blessed/lailah-gifty-akita/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b019/author-peter-julian-eymard-74894.jpg) Peter Julian Eymard 14 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/blessed/peter-julian-eymard/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b019/author-pope-john-paul-ii-75898.jpg) Pope John Paul II 12 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/blessed/pope-john-paul-ii/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b024/author-william-shakespeare-95899.jpg) William Shakespeare 11 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/blessed/william-shakespeare/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b011/author-henry-ward-beecher-41729.jpg) Henry Ward Beecher 11 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/blessed/henry-ward-beecher/) - [Shannon L. Alder 10 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/blessed/shannon-l-alder/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b021/author-ronald-reagan-81107.jpg) Ronald Reagan 10 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/blessed/ronald-reagan/) ## More by Swami Vivekananda > [Every action that helps us manifest our divine nature more and more is good; every action that retards it is evil.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/every-action-that-helps-us-manifest-our-divine-nature-more-and-more/) [Swami Vivekananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/swami-vivekananda/) > [Holiness sincerity, and faith.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/holiness-sincerity-and-faith/) [Swami Vivekananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/swami-vivekananda/) > [The Hindus have a peculiar slovenliness in business matters, not being sufficiently methodical and strict in keeping accounts etc.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/the-hindus-have-a-peculiar-slovenliness-in-business-matters-not-being/) [Swami Vivekananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/swami-vivekananda/) > [Renunciation is in our blood.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/renunciation-is-in-our-blood/) [Swami Vivekananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/swami-vivekananda/) > [Let positive, strong, helpful thoughts enter into your brains from very childhood. Lay yourselves open to these thoughts, and not to weakening and paralysing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/let-positive-strong-helpful-thoughts-enter-into-your-brains-from-very/) [Swami Vivekananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/swami-vivekananda/) > [Where can we go to find God if we cannot see Him in our own hearts and in every living being.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/where-can-we-go-to-find-god-if-we-cannot-see-him-in-our-own-hearts/) [Swami Vivekananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/swami-vivekananda/) > [It is the free alone which never changes, and the unchangeable alone which is free; for change is produced by something exterior to a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/it-is-the-free-alone-which-never-changes-and-the-unchangeable-alone/) [Swami Vivekananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/swami-vivekananda/) > [Above all, India is the land of religion.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/above-all-india-is-the-land-of-religion/) [Swami Vivekananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/swami-vivekananda/) > [The awakening of the soul to its bondage and its effort to stand up and assert itself - this is called life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/the-awakening-of-the-soul-to-its-bondage-and-its-effort-to-stand-up/) [Swami Vivekananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/swami-vivekananda/) > [It is the Prana that is manifesting as motion.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/it-is-the-prana-that-is-manifesting-as-motion/) [Swami Vivekananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/swami-vivekananda/) > [Though an atom is invisible, unthinkable, yet in it are the whole power and potency of the universe.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/though-an-atom-is-invisible-unthinkable-yet-in-it-are-the-whole-power/) [Swami Vivekananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/swami-vivekananda/) > [Nothing can be produced without a cause, and the effect is but the cause reproduced.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/nothing-can-be-produced-without-a-cause-and-the-effect-is-but-the/) [Swami Vivekananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/swami-vivekananda/) > [All the strength and succour you want is within yourselves. Therefore make your own future. "Let the dead past bury its dead." The infinite…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/all-the-strength-and-succour-you-want-is-within-yourselves-therefore/) [Swami Vivekananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/swami-vivekananda/) > [Be brave! Be strong! Be fearless! Once you have taken up the spiritual life, fight as long as there is any life in you.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/be-brave-be-strong-be-fearless-once-you-have-taken-up-the-spiritual/) [Swami Vivekananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/swami-vivekananda/) > [“there is a continuity of mind, as the Yogis call it. The mind is universal. Your mind, my mind, all these little minds, are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/there-is-a-continuity-of-mind-as-the-yogis-call-it-the-mind-is/) [Swami Vivekananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/swami-vivekananda/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/blessed/swami-vivekananda/#itemlist", "name": "12 Blessed Quotes By Swami Vivekananda", "numberOfItems": 12, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Blessed are they whose bodies get destroyed in the service of others.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Swami Vivekananda" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/blessed-are-they-whose-bodies-get-destroyed-in-the-service-of-others/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/69d/swami-vivekananda-53_blessed_blessed-are-they-whose-bodies-get-destro_2237650.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/69d/swami-vivekananda-53_blessed_blessed-are-they-whose-bodies-get-destro_2237650.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/69d/swami-vivekananda-53_blessed_blessed-are-they-whose-bodies-get-destro_2237650.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Blessed are they whose bodies get destroyed in the service of others.” — Swami Vivekananda", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Here in this blessed land, the foundation, the backbone, the life-centre is religion and religion alone.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Swami Vivekananda" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/here-in-this-blessed-land-the-foundation-the-backbone-the-life-centre/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/35c/swami-vivekananda-53_backbone_here-in-this-blessed-land-the-foundation_2967925.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/35c/swami-vivekananda-53_backbone_here-in-this-blessed-land-the-foundation_2967925.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/35c/swami-vivekananda-53_backbone_here-in-this-blessed-land-the-foundation_2967925.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Here in this blessed land, the foundation, the backbone, the life-centre is religion and religion alone.” — Swami Vivekananda", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "We are ever free if we would only believe it, only have faith enough. 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This purity of heart will bring the vision of God. It is the theme of the whole music of this universe. In purity is no bondage. Remove the veils of ignorance by purity, then we manifest ourselves as we really are and know that we were never in bondage. The seeing of many is the great sin of all the world. 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