Give up bondage; become a son, be free, and then you can "see the Father", as did Jesus. — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Desire, ignorance, and inequality—this is the trinity of bondage. — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
If religion and life depend upon books or upon the existence of any prophet whatsoever, then perish all religion and books! Religion… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
The moment you think creed and form and ceremony the "be-all" and "end-all", then you are in bondage. Take part in them… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
If you dare declare that you are free, free you are this moment. If you say you are bound, bound you will… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
He who asserts he is free, shall be free. He who says he is bound, bound he shall remain. — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
He who is alone is happy. Do good to all, like everyone, but do not love anyone. It is a bondage, and… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
You have the right to work, but do not become so degenerate as to look for results. Work incessantly, but see something… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
This world is not for cowards. Do not try to fly. Look not for success or failure. Join yourself to the perfectly… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
If you think that you are bound, you remain bound; you make your own bondage. If you know that you are free,… — 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
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