Divinity Quotes by Swami Vivekananda

Who makes us ignorant? We ourselves. We put our hands over our eyes and weep that it is dark.

— Swami Vivekananda

Manifest the divinity within you and everything will be harmoniously arranged around it.

— Swami Vivekananda

Religion is the manifestation of the Divinity already in man

— Swami Vivekananda

Be a hero. Always say, 'I have no fear.' Tell this to everyone - 'Have no fear.'

— Swami Vivekananda

The mind is but the subtle part of the body. You must retain great strength in your mind and words.

— Swami Vivekananda

Truth does not pay homage to any society, ancient or modern. Society has to pay homage to Truth or die.

— Swami Vivekananda

It is the duty of every person to contribute in the development and progress of India.

— Swami Vivekananda

We are ever free if we would only believe it, only have faith enough.

— Swami Vivekananda

Every individual is a center for the manifestation of a certain force. This force has been stored up as the resultant of…

— Swami Vivekananda

It is the patient building of character, the intense struggle to realize the truth, which alone will tell in the future of…

— Swami Vivekananda

As body, mind, or soul, you are a dream; you really are Being, Consciousness, Bliss (satchidananda). You are the God of this…

— Swami Vivekananda

The essence of Vedanta is that there is but one Being and that every soul is that Being in full, not a…

— Swami Vivekananda

When we let loose our feelings, we waste so much energy, shatter our nerves, disturb our minds, and accomplish very little work.

— Swami Vivekananda

The less passion there is, the better we work. The calmer we are the better for us and the more the amount…

— Swami Vivekananda

My ideal, indeed, can be put into a few words, and that is: to preach unto mankind their divinity, and how to…

— Swami Vivekananda

To devote your life to the good of all and to the happiness of all is religion. Whatever you do for your…

— Swami Vivekananda

We have seemingly been divided, limited, because of our ignorance; and we have become as it were the little Mrs. so -…

— Swami Vivekananda

I direct my attention to the individual, to make him strong, to teach him that he himself is divine, and I call…

— Swami Vivekananda

You are the Children of God, the sharers of immortal bliss, holy and perfect beings. You divinities on earth. Come up, O…

— Swami Vivekananda

Each soul is potentially divine. The goal is to manifest this divinity by controlling nature, external and internal. Do this either by…

— Swami Vivekananda

The Trinitarian Christ is elevated above us; the Unitarian Christ is merely a moral man; neither can help us. The Christ who…

— Swami Vivekananda

The varieties of religious belief are an advantage, since all faiths are good, so far as they encourage us to lead a…

— Swami Vivekananda

The history of the world is the history of a few men who had faith in themselves. That faith calls out the…

— Swami Vivekananda

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

— Swami Vivekananda

The secret of image - worship is that you are trying to develop your vision of Divinity in one thing.

— Swami Vivekananda

We reap what we sow. We are the makers of our own fate. None else has the blame, none has the praise.

— Swami Vivekananda

Religion is being and becoming. Religion is the manifestation of the Divinity already in man.

— Swami Vivekananda

Are great things ever done smoothly? Time, patience, and indomitable will must show.

— Swami Vivekananda

There is one thing to be remembered: that the assertion 'I am God' cannot be made with regard to the sense-world.

— Swami Vivekananda

This life is a hard fact; work your way through it boldly, though it may be adamantine; no matter, the soul is…

— Swami Vivekananda

Impurity is a mere superimposition under which your real nature has become hidden. But the real you is already perfect, already strong.

— Swami Vivekananda

All power is within you. Believe in that,do not believe that you are weak... Stand up and express the Divinity within you.

— Swami Vivekananda

Don't look back—forward, infinite energy, infinite enthusiasm, infinite daring, and infinite patience—then alone can great deeds be accomplished.

— Swami Vivekananda

So long as there is desire or want, it is a sure sign that there is imperfection. A perfect, free being cannot…

— Swami Vivekananda

Nature, body, mind go to death, not we. We neither go nor come. The man Vivekananda is in nature, is born and…

— Swami Vivekananda

Astrology and all these mystical things are generally signs of a weak mind; therefore as soon as they are becoming prominent in…

— Swami Vivekananda

Blows are what awaken us & help to break the dream. They show us the insufficiency of this world & make us…

— Swami Vivekananda

However we may receive blows, and however knocked about we may be, the Soul is there and is never injured. We are…

— Swami Vivekananda