The weak, the fearful, the ignorant will never reach the Atman. You cannot undo what you have done; the effect must come.… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Our minds are forced to become fixed upon different things by an attraction in them which we cannot resist. To control the… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Are great things ever done smoothly? Time, patience, and indomitable will must show. — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
To his enemies the householder must be a hero. Them he must resist. That is the duty of the householder. He must… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Work done for the Self gives no bondage. Neither desire pleasure nor fear pain from work. It is the mind and body… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
I think the Greeks first took astrology to India and took from the Hindus the science of astronomy and carried it back… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Our best work is done, our greatest influence is exerted, when we are without thought of self. — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
What is the use of talking of one's mistakes to the world? They cannot thereby be undone. For what one has done… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
I am persuaded that a leader is not made in one life. He has to be born for it. For the difficulty… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
It is entirely wrong to think that we have done, or can do, good to the world, or to think that we… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
I am a slave of Ramakrishna, who left his work to be done by me and will not give me rest till… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Even the least work done for others awakens the power within; even thinking the least good of others gradually instills into the… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Do not say we are weak; we can do anything and everything. What can we not do? Everything can be done by… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Not only we can, but some have reached perfection; so no matter what finer bodies come, they could only be on the… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
God is self-evident, impersonal, omniscient, the Knower and the Master of nature, the Lord of all. He is behind all worship and… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
We want to lead mankind to the place where there is neither the Vedas, nor the Bible, nor the Koran; yet this… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
"I do not want to get material life, do not want the sense-life, but something higher." That is renunciation. Then, by the… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Salvation means knowing the truth. We do not become anything; we are what we are. Salvation [comes] by faith and not by… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
All the work you do, is done for your own salvation, is done for your own benefit. — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Learn to feel yourself in other bodies, to know that we are all one. Throw all other nonsense to the winds. Spit… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
The present Hindu society is organised only for spiritual men, and hopelessly crushes out everybody else. Why? Where shall they go who… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
When you feel gloomy, think what has been done within the last year. How, rising from nothing. — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
It is only work that is done as freewill offering to humanity and to nature that does not bring with it any… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Man has infinite power within himself, and he can realise it - he can realise himself as the one infinite Self. It… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Never turn back to see the result of what you have done. Give all to the Lord and go on, and think… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
It is very difficult to understand why in this country [India] so much difference is made between men and women, whereas the… — 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
![“Salvation means knowing the truth. We do not become anything; we are what we are. Salvation [comes] by faith and not by work. It is a question of knowledge! You must know what you are, and it is done. The dream vanishes. This you [and others] are dreaming here. When they die, they go to [the]…” quote by Swami Vivekananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/aea/swami-vivekananda-53_body_salvation-means-knowing-the-truth-we-do_2029564.jpg)
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