You will be nearer to Heaven through foot ball than through study of Gita. — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
This earth is higher than all the heavens; this is the greatest school in the universe. — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
The God which cannot give me food in this world, cannot give me Heaven in the other world — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
The kingdom of heaven is already in existence if we will have it, that perfection is already in man if he will… — 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
The kingdom of heaven is within us. The Jewish idea was a kingdom of heaven upon this earth. That was not the… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
We are bound to earth by desire and also to God, heaven, and the angels. A slave is a slave whether to… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
The soul ... is nameless because it is formless. It will neither go to heaven nor [to hell] any more than it… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
The Kingdom of Heaven is within us. God is within us. He is the Soul of our souls. See Him in your… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
It is fear that is the cause of our woes, and it is fearlessness that brings heaven in a moment "The earth… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Everything that has name and form must begin in time, exist in time, and end in time. These are settled doctrines of… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Have faith that you are all, my brave lads, born to do great things! Let not the barks of puppies frighten you,… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
All that is real in me is God; all that is real in God is I. The gulf between God and me… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
This is the great lesson that we are here to learn through myriads of births and heavens and hells-that there is nothing… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
A man may be the greatest philosopher in the world but a child in RELIGION. When a man has developed a high… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
It is the witness alone that can work without any desire, without any idea of going to heaven, without any idea of… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Work, my children, work with your whole heart and soul! That is the thing. Mind not the fruit of work. What if… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
"The Kingdom of Heaven is within you." Where goest thou to seek for the Kingdom of God, asks Jesus of Nazareth, when… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Be not afraid of anything. You will do marvellous work. It is fear that is the great cause of misery in the… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Salvation means knowing the truth. We do not become anything; we are what we are. Salvation [comes] by faith and not by… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
There is no God separate from you, no God higher than you, the real 'you'. All the gods are little beings to… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
What is the idea of God in heaven? Materialism. The Vedantic idea is the infinite principle of God embodied in every one… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
What do you gain in heaven? You become gods, drink nectar, and get rheumatism. There is less misery there than on earth,… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Some men, who begin by saying that the world is a hell, often end by saying that it is a heaven when… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Everything which has name and form must die. If there are heavens with forms, these heavens must vanish in course of time;… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Give up all desire for enjoyment in earth or heaven. Control the organs of the senses and control the mind. Bear every… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
If a thing happens once, it can happen again. If any human being has ever realised perfection, we too can do so.… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
May He who is the Brahman of the Hindus, the Ahura-Mazda of the Zoroastrians, the Buddha of the Buddhists, the Jehovah of… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Be strong , my young friends; that is my advice to you. You will be nearer to Heaven through football than through… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
"If you die, you get to heaven; and if you win, you enjoy the earth" (Gita). Even if you die in this… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
We must become free. We are free; the work is to know it. We must give up all slavery, all bondage of… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Jesus Christ was willing to admit every good man to the family of God. It is not the man who believes a… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Whenever two particles come together, they are held by a certain attraction; and there will come a time when those particles will… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
For a warrior, nothing is higher than a war against evil. The warrior confronted with such a war should be pleased, Arjuna,… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
The essential thing in religion is making the heart pure; the Kingdom of Heaven is within us, but only the pure in… — 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