--- title: "6 Burning Quotes By Swami Vivekananda" description: "6 Burning quotes by Swami Vivekananda. Plus more from Swami Vivekananda and more Burning sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1b5/swami-vivekananda-53_anger_do-you-recall-the-story-of-the-young-yog_245271.jpg" --- > [Do you recall the story of the young Yogi in the Mahâbhârata who prided himself on his psychic powers by burning the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/do-you-recall-the-story-of-the-young-yogi-in-the-mah-bh-rata-who/) [Swami Vivekananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/swami-vivekananda/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1b5/swami-vivekananda-53_anger_do-you-recall-the-story-of-the-young-yog_245271.jpg) > [Think of a space in your heart, and in the midst of that space think that a flame is burning. Think of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/think-of-a-space-in-your-heart-and-in-the-midst-of-that-space-think/) [Swami Vivekananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/swami-vivekananda/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/824/swami-vivekananda-53_burning_think-of-a-space-in-your-heart-and-in-th_511814.jpg) > [That the Hindus, absorbed in the ideal, lacked in realistic observation is evident from this. Take painting and sculpture. What do you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/that-the-hindus-absorbed-in-the-ideal-lacked-in-realistic-observation/) [Swami Vivekananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/swami-vivekananda/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/425/swami-vivekananda-53_burning_that-the-hindus-absorbed-in-the-ideal-la_1655039.jpg) > [Bold words and bolder deeds are what we want. Awake, awake, great ones! The world is burning with misery. Can you sleep?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/bold-words-and-bolder-deeds-are-what-we-want-awake-awake-great-ones/) [Swami Vivekananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/swami-vivekananda/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/062/swami-vivekananda-53_awake_bold-words-and-bolder-deeds-are-what-we_1976765.jpg) > [If a piece of burning charcoal be placed on a man’s head, see how he struggles to throw it off. Similar will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/if-a-piece-of-burning-charcoal-be-placed-on-a-man-s-head-see-how-he/) [Swami Vivekananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/swami-vivekananda/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/533/swami-vivekananda-53_burning_if-a-piece-of-burning-charcoal-be-placed_2332257.jpg) > [In Tibet there is no marriage, and there is no jealousy, yet we know that marriage is a much higher state. The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/in-tibet-there-is-no-marriage-and-there-is-no-jealousy-yet-we-know/) [Swami Vivekananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/swami-vivekananda/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a11/swami-vivekananda-53_believer_in-tibet-there-is-no-marriage-and-there_3082310.jpg) ## Other authors on Burning ## 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/burning/swami-vivekananda/#itemlist", "name": "6 Burning Quotes By Swami Vivekananda", "numberOfItems": 6, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Do you recall the story of the young Yogi in the Mahâbhârata who prided himself on his psychic powers by burning the bodies of a crow and crane by his intense will, produced by anger?", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Swami Vivekananda" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/do-you-recall-the-story-of-the-young-yogi-in-the-mah-bh-rata-who/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1b5/swami-vivekananda-53_anger_do-you-recall-the-story-of-the-young-yog_245271.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1b5/swami-vivekananda-53_anger_do-you-recall-the-story-of-the-young-yog_245271.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1b5/swami-vivekananda-53_anger_do-you-recall-the-story-of-the-young-yog_245271.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Do you recall the story of the young Yogi in the Mahâbhârata who prided himself on his psychic powers by…” — Swami Vivekananda", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Think of a space in your heart, and in the midst of that space think that a flame is burning. 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