Heart Quotes by Swami Vivekananda

Meditate upon the Om that is in the heart.

— Swami Vivekananda

Charity opens the heart.

— Swami Vivekananda

He whose book of the heart has been opened needs no other books.

— Swami Vivekananda

Let him who has courage in his mind and love in his heart come with me. I want none else.

— Swami Vivekananda

In a conflict between the heart and the brain, follow your heart.

— Swami Vivekananda

Now is wanted intense Karma-Yoga with unbounded courage and indomitable strength in the heart. Then only will the people of the country…

— Swami Vivekananda

God is very merciful to those whom He sees struggling heart and soul for spiritual realization. But remain idle, without any struggle,…

— Swami Vivekananda

A man ought to live in this world like a lotus leaf, which grows in water but is never moistened by water;…

— Swami Vivekananda

Had I lived in Palestine, in the days of Jesus of Nazareth, I would have washed his feet, not with my tears,…

— Swami Vivekananda

You may meditate on whatever you like, but I shall meditate on the heart of a lion. That gives strength

— Swami Vivekananda

The Heart and core of everything here is good, that whatever may be the surface waves, deep down and underlying everything, there…

— Swami Vivekananda

We want today that bright sun of intellectuality joined with the heart of Buddha, the wonderful infinite heart of love and mercy.…

— Swami Vivekananda

He whom the sages have been seeking in all these places is in our own hearts; the voice that you heard was…

— Swami Vivekananda

The Imitation of Christ is a cherished treasure of the Christian world. This great book was written by a Roman Catholic monk.…

— Swami Vivekananda

We want to worship a living God. I have not seen anything but God all my life, nor have you... He is…

— Swami Vivekananda

I am what I am, and what I am is always due to him; whatever in me or in my words is…

— Swami Vivekananda

The book is all in us. Fool, hearest not thou? In thine own heart day and night is singing that Eternal Music…

— Swami Vivekananda

The wind of divine grace is always blowing. You just need to spread your sail. Whenever you do anything, do it with…

— Swami Vivekananda

Think of a space in your heart, and in the midst of that space think that a flame is burning. Think of…

— Swami Vivekananda

Give up, renounce the world. Now we are like dogs strayed into a kitchen and eating a piece of meat, looking round…

— Swami Vivekananda

Do you believe in that Infinite, good Providence working in and through you? If you believe that this Omnipresent One is present…

— Swami Vivekananda

Realisation of love can never come so long as there is the least desire in the heart, or what Shri Ramakrishna used…

— Swami Vivekananda

Remember the words of Christ: "Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be…

— Swami Vivekananda

Even the greatest fool can accomplish a task if it be after his heart. But the intelligent man is he who can…

— Swami Vivekananda

"Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God." Can we see God? Of course not. Can we know God?…

— Swami Vivekananda

In Tibet there is no marriage, and there is no jealousy, yet we know that marriage is a much higher state. The…

— Swami Vivekananda

Chastity, non-injury, forgiving even the greatest enemy, truth, faith in the Lord, these are all different Vrittis. Be not afraid if you…

— Swami Vivekananda

There can be no love so long as there is lust- even a speck of it, as it were, in the heart.…

— Swami Vivekananda

How long do you remember that it is the Lord who is making you work? But then, by repeatedly analysing like that,…

— Swami Vivekananda

When once you consider an action, do not let anything dissuade you. Consult your heart, not others, and then follow its dictates.

— Swami Vivekananda

Stamping down the weakness of mind and heart, stand up, saying, "I am possessed of heroism, I am possessed of a steady…

— Swami Vivekananda

Learning and wisdom are superfluities, the surface glitter merely, but it is the heart that is the seat of all power.

— Swami Vivekananda

We must approach religion with reverence and with love, and our heart will stand up and say, this is truth, and this…

— Swami Vivekananda

Whenever there is a conflict between the pure heart and the intellect, always side with the pure heart.

— Swami Vivekananda

By practice men can bring even the heart under control, until it will just beat at will, slowly, or quickly, or almost…

— Swami Vivekananda

In Buddha we had the great, universal heart and infinite patience, making religion practical and bringing it to everyone's door.

— Swami Vivekananda

We must plunge heart and soul and body into the work. And until we are ready to sacrifice everything else to one…

— Swami Vivekananda

What good being object of charity? Give away, ne'er turn to ask in return, Should there be the wealth treasured in thy…

— Swami Vivekananda

Be moral. Be brave. Be a heart-whole man, strictly moral, brave unto desperation. Don't bother your head with religious theories. Cowards only…

— Swami Vivekananda

Even the least work done for others awakens the power within; even thinking the least good of others gradually instills into the…

— Swami Vivekananda