Bondage Quotes by Swami Vivekananda

“All weakness, all bondage is imagination.”

— Swami Vivekananda

As long as we require someone else to make us happy, we are slaves.

— Swami Vivekananda

The more power there is, the more bondage, the more fear.

— Swami Vivekananda

To weep is a sign of weakness, of bondage.

— Swami Vivekananda

Where no bondage is, there is no cause and effect.

— Swami Vivekananda

Desire, ignorance, and inequality—this is the trinity of bondage.

— Swami Vivekananda

Give up bondage; become a son, be free, and then you can "see the Father", as did Jesus.

— Swami Vivekananda

When we free ourselves from name and form, especially from a body - when we need no body, good or bad -…

— Swami Vivekananda

If you dare declare that you are free, free you are this moment. If you say you are bound, bound you will…

— Swami Vivekananda

We are bound to earth by desire and also to God, heaven, and the angels. A slave is a slave whether to…

— Swami Vivekananda

This attachment of Love to God is indeed one that does not bind the soul but effectively breaks all its bondages.

— Swami Vivekananda

Work and worship are necessary to take away the veil, to lift off the bondage and illusion.

— Swami Vivekananda

Slavery is slavery. The chain of gold is quite as bad as the chain of iron. Is there a way out?

— Swami Vivekananda

The awakening of the soul to its bondage and its effort to stand up and assert itself - this is called life.

— Swami Vivekananda

Work done for the Self gives no bondage. Neither desire pleasure nor fear pain from work. It is the mind and body…

— Swami Vivekananda

The moment I have realized God sitting in the temple of every human body, the moment I stand in reverence before every…

— Swami Vivekananda

The Vedas teach that the soul is divine, only held in the bondage of matter; perfection will be reached when this bond…

— Swami Vivekananda

We must become free. We are free; the work is to know it. We must give up all slavery, all bondage of…

— Swami Vivekananda

To injure another creates bondage and hides the truth. Negative virtues are not enough; we have to conquer Maya, and then she…

— Swami Vivekananda

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

If you think that you are bound, you remain bound; you make your own bondage. If you know that you are free,…

— Swami Vivekananda

Each one of us reaps what we ourselves have sown. These miseries under which we suffer, these bondages under which we struggle,…

— Swami Vivekananda

Every one is struggling for freedom-from the atom to the star. The ignorant man is satisfied if he can get freedom within…

— Swami Vivekananda

When we free ourselves from name and form, especially from a body - when we need no body, good or bad -…

— Swami Vivekananda

Some imaginations help to break the bondage of the rest. The whole universe is imagination, but one set of imaginations will cure…

— Swami Vivekananda

Liberty is the first condition of growth. Your ancestors gave every liberty to the soul, and religion grew. They put the body…

— Swami Vivekananda

Get rid of the bondage of body; we have become slaves to it and learnt to hug our chains and love our…

— Swami Vivekananda

If religion and life depend upon books or upon the existence of any prophet whatsoever, then perish all religion and books! Religion…

— Swami Vivekananda

"Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God." This sentence alone would save mankind if all books and prophets…

— Swami Vivekananda

Life is called Samsara - it is the result of the conflicting forces acting upon us. Materialism says, "The voice of freedom…

— Swami Vivekananda

He who asserts he is free, shall be free. He who says he is bound, bound he shall remain.

— Swami Vivekananda

Cut the bondage of all worldly affections; go beyond laziness and all care as to what becomes of you.

— Swami Vivekananda

He who is alone is happy. Do good to all, like everyone, but do not love anyone. It is a bondage, and…

— Swami Vivekananda

You have the right to work, but do not become so degenerate as to look for results. Work incessantly, but see something…

— Swami Vivekananda

Do not desire, for what you desire you get, and with it comes terrible bondage. It is nothing but bringing "noses on…

— Swami Vivekananda

Every one is as much bound in thought, word, deed, and mind, as a piece of stone or this table. That I…

— Swami Vivekananda

The chief helps in this liberation are Abhyasa and Vairagya. Vairagya is non - attachment to life, because it is the will…

— Swami Vivekananda

This world is not for cowards. Do not try to fly. Look not for success or failure. Join yourself to the perfectly…

— Swami Vivekananda

A golden chain is as much a chain as an iron one. Shri Ramakrishna used to say that, to pick out one…

— Swami Vivekananda