There is but one temple - the body. It is the only temple that ever existed. — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Man cannot be satisfied by wealth. Man cannot go beyond his nature, no more than you can jump out of your body. — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
The law of attraction which holds good for the heavenly bodies also holds good for the smallest particles. — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
The body is subject to the law of growth and decay, what grows must of necessity decay. — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
The root of evil is in the illusion that we are bodies. This, if any, is the original sin. — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
All the forces that are working in this body have been produced out of food; we see that every day. — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
The body is mortal and the mind is mortal; both, being compounds, must die. — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
In this body, He resides, the Lord of souls and the King of kings. — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
In real meditation you forget the body. You may be cut to pieces and not feel it at all. You feel such… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Jiva (individual soul) is the conscious ruler of this body, in whom the five life principles come into unity, and yet that… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
The test of having ceased to be an idolater is: "When you say 'I', does the body come into your thought or… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
The "ego" like its correlative "non-ego", is the product of the body, mind etc. The only proof of the existence of the… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Not only we can, but some have reached perfection; so no matter what finer bodies come, they could only be on the… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
The more you think of yourself as shining immortal spirit, the more eager you will be to be absolutely free of matter,… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
We become forgetful of the ego when we think of the body as dedicated to the service of others - the body… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
As soon as I think that I am a little body, I want to preserve it, to protect it, to keep it… — 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
There is to be found in every religion the manifestation of the struggle toward freedom. It is the groundwork of all morality,… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
The moment I have realized God sitting in the temple of every human body, the moment I stand in reverence before every… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Why is it that we three hundred and thirty millions of people have been ruled for the last one thousand years by… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Liberty is the first condition of growth. Your ancestors gave every liberty to the soul, and religion grew. They put the body… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
As to the so-called Hindu idolatry - first go and learn the forms they are going through, and where it is that… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
We are all born idolaters, and idolatry is good, because it is in the nature of man. Who can get beyond it?… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Try a little harder, and meditation comes. You do not feel the body or anything else. When you come out of it… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Man never dies, nor is he ever born; bodies die, but he never dies. — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
The less the thought of the body, the better. For it is the body that drags us down. — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Man makes the mistake of separating himself from God and identifying himself with the body. — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
This ego - the less there is of it, the nearer I am to that which I really am: the universal body. — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
All motion, either in the body or anywhere else, is the work of this Prana. — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
This body is a combination. It is only a fiction to say that I have one body, you another, and the sun… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
There are hundreds of thousands of microbes surrounding us, but they cannot harm us unless we become weak, until the body is… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
The body is the external coating and the mind is the internal coating of the Atman who is the real perceiver, the… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
This intelligence itself is modified into what we call egoism, and this intelligence is the cause of all the powers in the… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Pay particular attention to your health, but too much coddling of the body will, on the contrary, also spoil the health. — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
By practice men can bring even the heart under control, until it will just beat at will, slowly, or quickly, or almost… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Do you recall the story of the young Yogi in the Mahâbhârata who prided himself on his psychic powers by burning the… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
The spirit is the cause of all our thoughts and body-action, and everything, but it is untouched by good or evil, pleasure… — 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 Image
The Hindus have a peculiar slovenliness in business matters, not being sufficiently methodical and strict in keeping accounts etc. — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
Though an atom is invisible, unthinkable, yet in it are the whole power and potency of the universe. — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Nothing can be produced without a cause, and the effect is but the cause reproduced. — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
“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 Image
