--- title: "15 Greater Quotes By Swami Vivekananda" description: "15 Greater quotes by Swami Vivekananda. Plus more from Swami Vivekananda and more Greater sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/734/swami-vivekananda-53_funny_man-is-greater-than-the-gods-151800_151800.jpg" --- > [Man is greater than the gods.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/man-is-greater-than-the-gods/) [Swami Vivekananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/swami-vivekananda/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/734/swami-vivekananda-53_funny_man-is-greater-than-the-gods-151800_151800.jpg) > [The finer the instrument, the greater the power. The mind is much finer and more powerful than the body.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/the-finer-the-instrument-the-greater-the-power-the-mind-is-much-finer/) [Swami Vivekananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/swami-vivekananda/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0ca/swami-vivekananda-53_body_the-finer-the-instrument-the-greater-the_1099855.jpg) > [An intellectual, heartless man never becomes an inspired man. It is always the heart that speaks in the man of love; it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/an-intellectual-heartless-man-never-becomes-an-inspired-man-it-is/) [Swami Vivekananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/swami-vivekananda/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fef/swami-vivekananda-53_giving_an-intellectual-heartless-man-never-beco_665635.jpg) > [...Really, there is no greater sin than cowardice; cowards are never saved - that is sure. I can stand everything else but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/really-there-is-no-greater-sin-than-cowardice-cowards-are-never-saved/) [Swami Vivekananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/swami-vivekananda/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/63f/swami-vivekananda-53_coward_really-there-is-no-greater-sin-than-cowa_1347228.jpg) > [My son, hold fast! Do not care for anybody to help you. Is not the Lord infinitely greater than all human help?…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/my-son-hold-fast-do-not-care-for-anybody-to-help-you-is-not-the-lord/) [Swami Vivekananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/swami-vivekananda/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bf8/swami-vivekananda-53_care_my-son-hold-fast-do-not-care-for-anybody_1968795.jpg) > [The greatest sin is to think that you are weak. No one is greater: realize that you are Brahman. Nothing has power…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/the-greatest-sin-is-to-think-that-you-are-weak-no-one-is-greater/) [Swami Vivekananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/swami-vivekananda/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b33/swami-vivekananda-53_brahman_the-greatest-sin-is-to-think-that-you-ar_2347655.jpg) > [Buddha taught kindness towards lower beings; and since then there has not been a sect in India that has not taught charity…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/buddha-taught-kindness-towards-lower-beings-and-since-then-there-has/) [Swami Vivekananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/swami-vivekananda/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0c6/swami-vivekananda-53_animal_buddha-taught-kindness-towards-lower-bei_582978.jpg) > [It is an irrational claim to believe in the teachings of Jesus Christ and at the same time to hold that the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/it-is-an-irrational-claim-to-believe-in-the-teachings-of-jesus-christ/) [Swami Vivekananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/swami-vivekananda/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b77/swami-vivekananda-53_application_it-is-an-irrational-claim-to-believe-in_332794.jpg) > [I have a message for the world, which I will deliver without fear and care for the future. To the reformers I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/i-have-a-message-for-the-world-which-i-will-deliver-without-fear-and/) [Swami Vivekananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/swami-vivekananda/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/838/swami-vivekananda-53_bits_i-have-a-message-for-the-world-which-i-w_1916969.jpg) > [Prana, according to the Vedanta, is the principle of life. It is like ether, an omnipresent principle; and all motion, either in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/prana-according-to-the-vedanta-is-the-principle-of-life-it-is-like/) [Swami Vivekananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/swami-vivekananda/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f0a/swami-vivekananda-53_body_prana-according-to-the-vedanta-is-the-pr_2776766.jpg) > [I want each one of my children to be a hundred times greater than I could ever be. Everyone of you must…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/i-want-each-one-of-my-children-to-be-a-hundred-times-greater-than-i/) [Swami Vivekananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/swami-vivekananda/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fb4/swami-vivekananda-53_and-love_i-want-each-one-of-my-children-to-be-a-h_2991775.jpg) > [It is always for greater joy that you give up the lesser. This is practical religion-the attainment of freedom, renunciation. Renounce the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/it-is-always-for-greater-joy-that-you-give-up-the-lesser-this-is/) [Swami Vivekananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/swami-vivekananda/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/163/swami-vivekananda-53_attainment_it-is-always-for-greater-joy-that-you-gi_3072992.jpg) > [Sri Ramakrishna is far greater than the disciples understand him to be. He is the embodiment of infinite spiritual ideas capable of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/sri-ramakrishna-is-far-greater-than-the-disciples-understand-him-to/) [Swami Vivekananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/swami-vivekananda/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e53/swami-vivekananda-53_bows_sri-ramakrishna-is-far-greater-than-the_2292408.jpg) > [This is the ancient land, where wisdom made its home before it went into any other country... Here is the same India…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/this-is-the-ancient-land-where-wisdom-made-its-home-before-it-went/) [Swami Vivekananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/swami-vivekananda/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/07b/swami-vivekananda-53_ancient_this-is-the-ancient-land-where-wisdom-ma_1193030.jpg) > [If there is inequality in nature, still there must be equal chance for all - or if greater for some and for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/if-there-is-inequality-in-nature-still-there-must-be-equal-chance-for/) [Swami Vivekananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/swami-vivekananda/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f4f/swami-vivekananda-53_birth_if-there-is-inequality-in-nature-still-t_2655012.jpg) ## Other authors on Greater ## 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/greater/swami-vivekananda/#itemlist", "name": "15 Greater Quotes By Swami Vivekananda", "numberOfItems": 15, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Man is greater than the gods.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Swami Vivekananda" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/man-is-greater-than-the-gods/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/734/swami-vivekananda-53_funny_man-is-greater-than-the-gods-151800_151800.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/734/swami-vivekananda-53_funny_man-is-greater-than-the-gods-151800_151800.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/734/swami-vivekananda-53_funny_man-is-greater-than-the-gods-151800_151800.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Man is greater than the gods.” — Swami Vivekananda", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The finer the instrument, the greater the power. 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To the reformers I will point out that I am a greater reformer than any one of them. They want to reform only little bits. I want root-and-branch reform.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Swami Vivekananda" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/i-have-a-message-for-the-world-which-i-will-deliver-without-fear-and/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/838/swami-vivekananda-53_bits_i-have-a-message-for-the-world-which-i-w_1916969.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/838/swami-vivekananda-53_bits_i-have-a-message-for-the-world-which-i-w_1916969.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/838/swami-vivekananda-53_bits_i-have-a-message-for-the-world-which-i-w_1916969.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I have a message for the world, which I will deliver without fear and care for the future. 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Obedience, readiness, and love for the cause- if you have these three, nothing can hold you back.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Swami Vivekananda" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/i-want-each-one-of-my-children-to-be-a-hundred-times-greater-than-i/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fb4/swami-vivekananda-53_and-love_i-want-each-one-of-my-children-to-be-a-h_2991775.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fb4/swami-vivekananda-53_and-love_i-want-each-one-of-my-children-to-be-a-h_2991775.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fb4/swami-vivekananda-53_and-love_i-want-each-one-of-my-children-to-be-a-h_2991775.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I want each one of my children to be a hundred times greater than I could ever be. 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