This ego - the less there is of it, the nearer I am to that which I really am: the universal body. — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
The mind in its foolishness thinks that it is working in this body. Why should I be bound by one system of… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
I am neither the mind, nor the intellect, nor the ego, nor the mind-stuff — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
There is the mind itself. It is like a smooth lake which when struck, say by a stone, vibrates. The vibrations gather… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Man only remains hypnotised with the false idea of an ego. When this ghost is off from us, all dreams vanish, and… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
The "ego" like its correlative "non-ego", is the product of the body, mind etc. The only proof of the existence of the… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
This intelligence itself is modified into what we call egoism, and this intelligence is the cause of all the powers in the… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
All action of Sattva, a modification of Prakriti characterised by light and happiness, is for the soul. When Sattva is free from… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Did Buddha teach that the many was real and the ego unreal, while orthodox Hinduism regards the One as the real, and… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
To give up the world is to forget the ego, to know it not at all - living in the body, but… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Until we give up the world manufactured by the ego, never can we enter the kingdom of heaven. None ever did, none… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Throw overboard all idea of jealousy and egotism, once for all. Come on to the practical field with tremendous energy; to work,… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Bless people when they revile you. Think how much good they are doing by helping to stamp out the false ego. Hold… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
It will be a great pity if any feeling of jealousy or egotism gain ground amongst you. — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Truth will never come into our minds so long as there will remain the faintest shadow of Ahamkâra (egotism). All of you… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Bless people when they revile you. Think how much good they are doing by helping to stamp out the false ego. — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Give up all self, all egotisms get out of anger, lust, give all to God. "I am not, but Thou art; the… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
The ego of man and woman is the soul. If the soul is independent, how then can it be isolated from the… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
We have not faith, we have not patience to see this. We trust the man in the street; but there is one… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
There is no good in store so long as malice and jealousy and egotism will prevail. — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
The world is a demon. It is a kingdom of which the puny ego is king. Put it away and stand firm. — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
One possessing Vairagya does not understand by Atman the individual ego but the All-pervading Lord, residing as the Self and Internal Ruler… — 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
