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> [There is really no difference between matter, mind and Spirit. They are only different phases of experiencing the One.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/there-is-really-no-difference-between-matter-mind-and-spirit-they-are/)

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> [All differences in this world are of degree, and not of kind, because oneness is the secret of everything.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/all-differences-in-this-world-are-of-degree-and-not-of-kind-because/)

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> [The same fire that cooks a meal for us may burn a child, and it is no fault of the fire if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/the-same-fire-that-cooks-a-meal-for-us-may-burn-a-child-and-it-is-no/)

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> [Religion has no business to formulate social laws and insist on the difference between beings, because its aim and end is to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/religion-has-no-business-to-formulate-social-laws-and-insist-on-the/)

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> [One point of difference between Hinduism and other religions is that in Hinduism we pass from truth to truth-from a lower truth…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/one-point-of-difference-between-hinduism-and-other-religions-is-that/)

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> [Neither money pays, nor name pays, nor fame, nor learning; it is CHARACTER that cleave through adamantine walls of difference.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/neither-money-pays-nor-name-pays-nor-fame-nor-learning-it-is/)

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> [We believe that every being is divine, is God. Every soul is a sun covered over with clouds of ignorance; the difference…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/we-believe-that-every-being-is-divine-is-god-every-soul-is-a-sun/)

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> [The difference between God and the devil is in nothing except in unselfishness and selfishness. The devil knows as much as God,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/the-difference-between-god-and-the-devil-is-in-nothing-except-in/)

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> [There is this difference between the love taught by Christianity and that taught by Hinduism: Christianity teaches us to love our neighbours…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/there-is-this-difference-between-the-love-taught-by-christianity-and/)

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> [The difference between architecture and building is that the former expresses an idea, while the latter is merely a structure built on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/the-difference-between-architecture-and-building-is-that-the-former/)

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> [In every man and in every animal, however weak or wicked, great or small, resides the same omnipresent, omniscient soul. The difference…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/in-every-man-and-in-every-animal-however-weak-or-wicked-great-or/)

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> [All sectarian religions take for granted that all men are equal. This is not warranted by science. There is more difference between…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/all-sectarian-religions-take-for-granted-that-all-men-are-equal-this/)

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> [Those who die, merely suffering the woes of life like cats and dogs, are they human beings? The worthy are those who,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/those-who-die-merely-suffering-the-woes-of-life-like-cats-and-dogs/)

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> [Wherever there is evil and wherever there is ignorance and want of knowledge, I have found out by experience that all evil…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/wherever-there-is-evil-and-wherever-there-is-ignorance-and-want-of/)

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> [Get up, and set your shoulder to the wheel - How long is this life for? As you have come into this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/get-up-and-set-your-shoulder-to-the-wheel-how-long-is-this-life-for/)

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> [Weak or wicked, great or small, in men and in animal, resides the same omnipresent, omniscient soul. The difference is not in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/weak-or-wicked-great-or-small-in-men-and-in-animal-resides-the-same/)

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> [ It is very difficult to understand why in this country \[India\] so much difference is made between men and women, whereas the… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/it-is-very-difficult-to-understand-why-in-this-country-india-so-much/)

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## 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/)

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