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title: "51 Firsts Quotes By Swami Vivekananda"
description: "51 Firsts quotes by Swami Vivekananda. Plus more from Swami Vivekananda and more Firsts sayings from other authors."
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> [Self-love is the first teacher of self-renunciation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/self-love-is-the-first-teacher-of-self-renunciation/)

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> [First get rid of the delusion "I am the body," then only will we want real knowledge.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/first-get-rid-of-the-delusion-i-am-the-body-then-only-will-we-want/)

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> [It is practice first, and knowledge afterwards.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/it-is-practice-first-and-knowledge-afterwards/)

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> [The Vedanta teaches men to have faith in themselves first.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/the-vedanta-teaches-men-to-have-faith-in-themselves-first/)

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> [First, believe in the world-that there is meaning behind everything.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/first-believe-in-the-world-that-there-is-meaning-behind-everything/)

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> [We first observe facts, then generalise, and then draw conclusions or principles.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/we-first-observe-facts-then-generalise-and-then-draw-conclusions-or/)

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> [The Indian mind is first religious, then anything else. So this is to be strengthened.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/the-indian-mind-is-first-religious-then-anything-else-so-this-is-to/)

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> [First of all, our young must be strong. Religion will come afterwards.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/first-of-all-our-young-must-be-strong-religion-will-come-afterwards/)

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> [Know for certain that there is no power in the universe to injure us unless we first injure ourselves.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/know-for-certain-that-there-is-no-power-in-the-universe-to-injure-us/)

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> [The uplift of the women, the awakening of the masses must come first, and then only can any real good come about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/the-uplift-of-the-women-the-awakening-of-the-masses-must-come-first/)

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> [If there is no strength in body and mind, the Atman cannot be realized. First you have to build the body by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/if-there-is-no-strength-in-body-and-mind-the-atman-cannot-be-realized/)

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> [Throw aside your scriptures in the Ganga and teach the people first the means of procuring their food and clothing, and then…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/throw-aside-your-scriptures-in-the-ganga-and-teach-the-people-first/)

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> [Man is guided by the stomach. He walks and the stomach goes first and the head afterwards. Have you not seen that?…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/man-is-guided-by-the-stomach-he-walks-and-the-stomach-goes-first-and/)

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> [Liberty is the first condition of growth. It is wrong, a thousand times wrong, if any of you dares to say, 'I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/liberty-is-the-first-condition-of-growth-it-is-wrong-a-thousand-times/)

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> [Anything that is western origin, first you verify it, then accept it. Anything that is Indian origin, first accept it, then verify…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/anything-that-is-western-origin-first-you-verify-it-then-accept-it/)

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> [Our first duty is not to hate ourselves, because to advance we must have faith in ourselves first and then in God.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/our-first-duty-is-not-to-hate-ourselves-because-to-advance-we-must/)

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> [It will not do merely to listen to great principles. You must apply them in the practical field, turn them into constant…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/it-will-not-do-merely-to-listen-to-great-principles-you-must-apply/)

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> [Liberty is the first condition of growth. Your ancestors gave every liberty to the soul, and religion grew. They put the body…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/liberty-is-the-first-condition-of-growth-your-ancestors-gave-every/)

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> [The Vedanta teaches men to have faith in themselves first. As certain religions of the world say that a man who does…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/the-vedanta-teaches-men-to-have-faith-in-themselves-first-as-certain/)

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> [First, meditation should be of a negative nature. Think away everything. Analyse everything that comes in the mind by the sheer action…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/first-meditation-should-be-of-a-negative-nature-think-away-everything/)

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> [It is too often believed that a person in his progress towards perfection passes from error to truth; that when he passes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/it-is-too-often-believed-that-a-person-in-his-progress-towards/)

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> [I remember that grand word of the Katha Upanishad - Shraddhâ or marvellous faith. An instance of Shraddha can be found in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/i-remember-that-grand-word-of-the-katha-upanishad-shraddh-or/)

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> [Infinite power of the spirit, brought to bear upon matter evolves material development, made to act upon thought evolves intellectuality, and made…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/infinite-power-of-the-spirit-brought-to-bear-upon-matter-evolves/)

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> [ The first angle is, love questions not. It is not a beggar. ... When love asks nothing, \[when it\] gives everything. This… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/the-first-angle-is-love-questions-not-it-is-not-a-beggar-when-love/)

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> [To many, Indian thought, Indian manners; Indian customs, Indian philosophy, Indian literature are repulsive at the first sight; but let them persevere,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/to-many-indian-thought-indian-manners-indian-customs-indian/)

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> [Learn obedience first. Among these Western nations, with such a high spirit of independence, the spirit of obedience is equally strong. We…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/learn-obedience-first-among-these-western-nations-with-such-a-high/)

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> [Drama is the most difficult of all arts. In it two things are to be satisfied - first, the ears, and second,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/drama-is-the-most-difficult-of-all-arts-in-it-two-things-are-to-be/)

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> [You all know that certain things are necessary to make a religion. First of all, there is the book. The power of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/you-all-know-that-certain-things-are-necessary-to-make-a-religion/)

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> [Have faith in man, whether he appears to you to be a very learned one or a most ignorant one. Have faith…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/have-faith-in-man-whether-he-appears-to-you-to-be-a-very-learned-one-2/)

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> [As to the so-called Hindu idolatry - first go and learn the forms they are going through, and where it is that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/as-to-the-so-called-hindu-idolatry-first-go-and-learn-the-forms-they/)

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> [In India the mother is the center of the family and our highest ideal. She is to us the representative of God,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/in-india-the-mother-is-the-center-of-the-family-and-our-highest-ideal/)

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> [No civilisation can grow unless fanatics, bloodshed, and brutality stop. No civilisation can begin to lift up its head until we look…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/no-civilisation-can-grow-unless-fanatics-bloodshed-and-brutality-stop/)

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> [The first sign of your becoming religious is that you are becoming cheerful](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/the-first-sign-of-your-becoming-religious-is-that-you-are-becoming/)

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> [You must all pay attention to your health first.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/you-must-all-pay-attention-to-your-health-first/)

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> [The sculptor, the painter the musician the dancer, or any artist, if he can first obtain celebrate in Paris, acquires very easily…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/the-sculptor-the-painter-the-musician-the-dancer-or-any-artist-if-he/)

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> ["Seek ye first the kingdom of God and all good things will be added unto you." Follow God and you shall have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/seek-ye-first-the-kingdom-of-god-and-all-good-things-will-be-added/)

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> [Do not figure out big plans at first, but, begin slowly, feel your ground and proceed up and up.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/do-not-figure-out-big-plans-at-first-but-begin-slowly-feel-your/)

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> [Every one wants to command, and no one wants to obey; and this is owing to the absence of that wonderful brahmacharya…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/every-one-wants-to-command-and-no-one-wants-to-obey-and-this-is-owing/)

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> [First, let us be Gods, and then help others to be Gods. "Be and make." Let this be our motto. Say not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/first-let-us-be-gods-and-then-help-others-to-be-gods-be-and-make-let/)

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> [We can never lose what is really ours. Who can lose his being? Who can lose his very existence? If I am…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/we-can-never-lose-what-is-really-ours-who-can-lose-his-being-who-can/)

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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/)

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> [Holiness sincerity, and faith.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/holiness-sincerity-and-faith/)

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> [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/)

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> [Renunciation is in our blood.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/renunciation-is-in-our-blood/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [Above all, India is the land of religion.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/above-all-india-is-the-land-of-religion/)

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> [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/)

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> [It is the Prana that is manifesting as motion.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/it-is-the-prana-that-is-manifesting-as-motion/)

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> [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/)

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> [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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                        "text": "It will not do merely to listen to great principles. You must apply them in the practical field, turn them into constant practice. What will be the good of cramming the high - sounding dicta of the scriptures? You have first to grasp the teachings of the Shastras, and then to work them out in practical life. Do you understand? This is called practical religion.",
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                        "text": "Liberty is the first condition of growth. Your ancestors gave every liberty to the soul, and religion grew. They put the body under every bondage, and society did not grow. The opposite is the case in the West - every liberty to society, none to religion. Now are falling off the shackles from the feet of Eastern society as from those of Western religion.",
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                        "text": "The Vedanta teaches men to have faith in themselves first. As certain religions of the world say that a man who does not believe in a Personal God outside of himself is an atheist, so the Vedanta says, a man who does not believe in himself is an atheist. Not believing in the glory of our own soul is what the Vedanta calls atheism.",
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                        "text": "First, meditation should be of a negative nature. Think away everything. Analyse everything that comes in the mind by the sheer action of the will. Next, assert what we really are-existence, knowledge, and bliss-being, knowing, and loving.",
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                        "text": "It is too often believed that a person in his progress towards perfection passes from error to truth; that when he passes on from one thought to another, he must necessarily reject the first. But no error can lead to truth. The soul passing through its different stages goes from truth to truth, and each stage is true; it goes from lower truth to higher truth.",
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                        "text": "I remember that grand word of the Katha Upanishad - Shraddhâ or marvellous faith. An instance of Shraddha can be found in the life of Nachiketâ. To preach the doctrine of Shraddha or genuine faith is the mission of my life. Let me repeat to you that this faith is one of the potent factors of humanity and of all religions. First, have faith in yourselves.",
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                        "text": "Infinite power of the spirit, brought to bear upon matter evolves material development, made to act upon thought evolves intellectuality, and made to act upon itself makes of man a God. First, let us be Gods, and then help other to be GOds. Be and Make. Let this be our motto.",
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                        "text": "The first angle is, love questions not. It is not a beggar. ... When love asks nothing, [when it] gives everything. This is the real spiritual worship, the worship through love. Whether God is merciful is no longer questioned. He is God; He is my love. Whether God is omnipotent and almighty, limited or unlimited , is no longer questioned.",
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                        "text": "To many, Indian thought, Indian manners; Indian customs, Indian philosophy, Indian literature are repulsive at the first sight; but let them persevere, let them read, let them become familiar with the great principles underlying these ideas, and it is ninety-nine to one that the charm will come over them, and fascination will be the result. Slow and silent, as the gentle dew that falls in the morning, unseen and unheard yet producing a most tremendous result, has been the work of the calm, patient, all-suffering spiritual race upon the world of thought.",
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                        "text": "Learn obedience first. Among these Western nations, with such a high spirit of independence, the spirit of obedience is equally strong. We are all of us self-important, which never produces any work. Great enterprise, boundless courage, tremendous energy, and, above all, perfect obedience; these are the only traits that lead to individual and national regeneration. These traits are altogether lacking in us.",
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                        "text": "Drama is the most difficult of all arts. In it two things are to be satisfied - first, the ears, and second, the eyes. To paint a scene, if one thing be painted, it is easy enough; but to paint different things and yet to keep up the central interest is very difficult. Another difficult thing is stage - management, that is, combining different things in such a manner as to keep the central interest intact.",
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                        "text": "You all know that certain things are necessary to make a religion. First of all, there is the book. The power of the book is simply marvellous! Whatever it be, the book is the centre round which human allegiance gathers. Not one religion is living today but has a book. With all its rationalism and tall talk, humanity still clings to the books. In your country every attempt to start a religion without a book has failed. In India sects rise with great success, but within a few years they die down, because there is no book behind them. So in every other country.",
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                        "text": "Have faith in man, whether he appears to you to be a very learned one or a most ignorant one. Have faith in man, whether he appears to be an angel or the very devil himself. Have faith in man first, and then having faith in him, believe that if there are defects in him, if he makes mistakes, if he embraces the crudest and the vilest doctrines, believe that it is not from his real nature that they come, but from the want of higher ideals.",
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                        "text": "As to the so-called Hindu idolatry - first go and learn the forms they are going through, and where it is that the worshippers are really worshipping, whether in the temple, in the image, or in the temple of their own bodies. First know for certain what they are doing - which more than ninety per cent of the revilers are thoroughly ignorant of - and then it will explain itself in the light of the Vedantic philosophy.",
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