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
There is but one temple - the body. It is the only temple that ever existed. — 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
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
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 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
“This human body is the greatest body in the universe, and a human being the greatest being. Man is higher than all… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
You are the Children of God, the sharers of immortal bliss, holy and perfect beings. You divinities on earth. Come up, O… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
The Self when it appears behind the universe is called God. The same Self when it appears behind this little universe-the body-is… — 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
The body must be properly taken care of. The people who torture their flesh are demoniacal. — 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
This is the central idea of the Gita- to be calm and steadfast in all circumstances, with one's body, mind, and soul… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
What can be my highest idea of forgiveness? Nothing beyond myself. Which of you can jump out of your own bodies? Which… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
According to this philosophy, each man consists of three parts - the body, the internal organ or the mind, and behind that,… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Is there any sex-distinction in the Atman (Self)? Out with the differentiation between man and woman—all is Atman! Give up the identification… — 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
Realisation of love can never come so long as there is the least desire in the heart, or what Shri Ramakrishna used… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
The mistake is that we cling to the body when it is the spirit that is really immortal. — 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
