Freedom Quotes by Swami Vivekananda

The idea of perfect womanhood is perfect independence

— Swami Vivekananda

Be strong, get beyond all superstitions, and be free.

— Swami Vivekananda

Dependence is misery. Independence is happiness.

— Swami Vivekananda

None deserves liberty who is not ready to give liberty

— Swami Vivekananda

This life is a tremendous assertion of freedom

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Man is really free, the real man cannot but be free.

— Swami Vivekananda

No freedom without renunciation.

— Swami Vivekananda

Religion in India culminates in freedom.

— Swami Vivekananda

Neither seek nor avoid; take what comes. It is liberty to be affected by nothing. Do not merely endure; be unattached.

— Swami Vivekananda

Real freedom is not merely doing what you like, but also NOT doing what you like.

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“Animals cannot have any high thoughts; nor can the Angels or Devas attain to direct freedom without human birth.”

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The essence of our Faith consists simply in this freedom of the Ishta.

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If you can get rid of your attachment to a single thing, you are on the way to liberation.

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If you dare declare that you are free, free you are this moment. If you say you are bound, bound you will…

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To be more free is the goal of all our efforts, for only in perfect freedom can there be perfection.

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We must always bear in mind that we are not going to be free, but are free already. Every idea that we…

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Pray all the time, read all the scriptures in the world, and worship all the gods there are ...but unless you realize…

— Swami Vivekananda

The Kingdom of Heaven is within us. God is within us. He is the Soul of our souls. See Him in your…

— Swami Vivekananda

Advaita is the only system that gives us complete control over ourselves, takes off all dependence and its associated superstitions, thus making…

— Swami Vivekananda

One may gain political and social independence, but if one is a slave to his passions and desires, one cannot feel the…

— Swami Vivekananda

When we have become free, we need not go mad and throw up society and rush off to die in the forest…

— Swami Vivekananda

Freedom can never be reached by the weak. Throw away all weakness. Tell your body that it is strong, tell your mind…

— Swami Vivekananda

...never try to follow another's path for that is his way, not yours. When that path is found, you have nothing to…

— Swami Vivekananda

There is to be found in every religion the manifestation of the struggle toward freedom. It is the groundwork of all morality,…

— Swami Vivekananda

"Learn good knowledge with all devotion from the lowest caste. Learn the way to freedom, even if it comes from a Pariah,…

— Swami Vivekananda

Every one is struggling for freedom-from the atom to the star. The ignorant man is satisfied if he can get freedom within…

— Swami Vivekananda

The Vedas teach that the soul is divine, only held in the bondage of matter; perfection will be reached when this bond…

— Swami Vivekananda

Liberty is the first condition of growth. Your ancestors gave every liberty to the soul, and religion grew. They put the body…

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Freedom can never be true of name and form; it is the clay out of which we (the pots) are made; then…

— Swami Vivekananda

Learn obedience first. Among these Western nations, with such a high spirit of independence, the spirit of obedience is equally strong. We…

— Swami Vivekananda

Everything that we perceive around us is struggling towards freedom, from the atom to the man, from the insentient, lifeless particle of…

— Swami Vivekananda

It is always for greater joy that you give up the lesser. This is practical religion-the attainment of freedom, renunciation. Renounce the…

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Not one atom can rest until it finds its freedom.

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“Freedom is to lose all illusions.”

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“nor freedom, nor gods, nor work, nor anything.”

— Swami Vivekananda

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

— Swami Vivekananda

Oh, to live even for a day in the full light of freedom, to breathe the free air of simplicity! Isn't that…

— Swami Vivekananda

Each one has a special nature peculiar to himself which he must follow and through which he will find his way to…

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He who asserts he is free, shall be free. He who says he is bound, bound he shall remain.

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We want to know in order to make ourselves free. That is our life: one universal cry for freedom.

— Swami Vivekananda