--- title: "7 Dust Quotes By Swami Vivekananda" description: "7 Dust quotes by Swami Vivekananda. Plus more from Swami Vivekananda and more Dust sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/87a/swami-vivekananda-53_america_i-loved-my-motherland-dearly-before-i-we_306673.jpg" --- > [I loved my motherland dearly before I went to America and England. After my return, every particle of dust of this land…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/i-loved-my-motherland-dearly-before-i-went-to-america-and-england/) [Swami Vivekananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/swami-vivekananda/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/87a/swami-vivekananda-53_america_i-loved-my-motherland-dearly-before-i-we_306673.jpg) > [There must be no fear, no begging, but demanding - demanding the Highest. The true devotees of the Mother are as hard,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/there-must-be-no-fear-no-begging-but-demanding-demanding-the-highest/) [Swami Vivekananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/swami-vivekananda/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/03d/swami-vivekananda-53_adamant_there-must-be-no-fear-no-begging-but-dem_1124290.jpg) > [If the suns come down, and the moons crumble into dust, and systems after systems are hurled into annihilation, what is that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/if-the-suns-come-down-and-the-moons-crumble-into-dust-and-systems/) [Swami Vivekananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/swami-vivekananda/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6d0/swami-vivekananda-53_absolutes_if-the-suns-come-down-and-the-moons-crum_1186913.jpg) > [I am one of the proudest men ever born, but let me tell you frankly, it is not for myself, but on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/i-am-one-of-the-proudest-men-ever-born-but-let-me-tell-you-frankly-it/) [Swami Vivekananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/swami-vivekananda/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/94a/swami-vivekananda-53_accounts_i-am-one-of-the-proudest-men-ever-born-b_1612177.jpg) > [Ours is the only religion that does not depend on a person or persons; it is based upon principles. At the same…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/ours-is-the-only-religion-that-does-not-depend-on-a-person-or-persons/) [Swami Vivekananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/swami-vivekananda/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d33/swami-vivekananda-53_age_ours-is-the-only-religion-that-does-not_1796541.jpg) > [Despite the many iniquities that have found entrance into the practices of image-worship as it is in vogue now, I do not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/despite-the-many-iniquities-that-have-found-entrance-into-the/) [Swami Vivekananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/swami-vivekananda/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/da2/swami-vivekananda-53_blessed_despite-the-many-iniquities-that-have-fo_2762555.jpg) > [Knowledge of the Absolute depends upon no book, nor upon anything; it is absolute in itself. No amount of study will give…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/knowledge-of-the-absolute-depends-upon-no-book-nor-upon-anything-it/) [Swami Vivekananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/swami-vivekananda/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fdd/swami-vivekananda-53_absolutes_knowledge-of-the-absolute-depends-upon-n_2898640.jpg) ## Other authors on Dust ## 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/dust/swami-vivekananda/#itemlist", "name": "7 Dust Quotes By Swami Vivekananda", "numberOfItems": 7, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I loved my motherland dearly before I went to America and England. 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