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title: "33 Higher Quotes By Swami Vivekananda"
description: "33 Higher quotes by Swami Vivekananda. Plus more from Swami Vivekananda and more Higher sayings from other authors."
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> [There is no virtue higher than non-injury.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/there-is-no-virtue-higher-than-non-injury/)

[Swami Vivekananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/swami-vivekananda/)

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> [To believe that mind is all, that thought is all is only a higher materialism.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/to-believe-that-mind-is-all-that-thought-is-all-is-only-a-higher/)

[Swami Vivekananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/swami-vivekananda/)

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> [The Pariahs, our fellow beings, ought to be educated by the higher castes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/the-pariahs-our-fellow-beings-ought-to-be-educated-by-the-higher/)

[Swami Vivekananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/swami-vivekananda/)

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> [What power is higher than the power of purity?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/what-power-is-higher-than-the-power-of-purity/)

[Swami Vivekananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/swami-vivekananda/)

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> [Whenever we attain a higher vision, the lower vision disappears of itself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/whenever-we-attain-a-higher-vision-the-lower-vision-disappears-of/)

[Swami Vivekananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/swami-vivekananda/)

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> [Christ, being man, had to see impurity and denounced it; but God, infinitely higher, does not see iniquity and cannot be angry.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/christ-being-man-had-to-see-impurity-and-denounced-it-but-god/)

[Swami Vivekananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/swami-vivekananda/)

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> [This earth is higher than all the heavens; this is the greatest school in the universe.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/this-earth-is-higher-than-all-the-heavens-this-is-the-greatest-school/)

[Swami Vivekananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/swami-vivekananda/)

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> [There is no happiness higher than what a man obtains by this attitude of non-offensiveness, to all creation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/there-is-no-happiness-higher-than-what-a-man-obtains-by-this-attitude/)

[Swami Vivekananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/swami-vivekananda/)

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> [Books are only made so that they may point the way to a higher life; but no good results unless the path…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/books-are-only-made-so-that-they-may-point-the-way-to-a-higher-life/)

[Swami Vivekananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/swami-vivekananda/)

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> [God is always God, but the views which people and nations may take of him vary. No higher view is known than…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/god-is-always-god-but-the-views-which-people-and-nations-may-take-of/)

[Swami Vivekananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/swami-vivekananda/)

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> [We can have no conception of God higher than man, so our God is man, and man is God.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/we-can-have-no-conception-of-god-higher-than-man-so-our-god-is-man/)

[Swami Vivekananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/swami-vivekananda/)

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> [Until higher institutions have been evolved, any attempt to break the old ones will be disastrous.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/until-higher-institutions-have-been-evolved-any-attempt-to-break-the/)

[Swami Vivekananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/swami-vivekananda/)

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> [To the Indian mind there is nothing higher than religious ideals, that this is the keynote of Indian life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/to-the-indian-mind-there-is-nothing-higher-than-religious-ideals-that/)

[Swami Vivekananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/swami-vivekananda/)

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> [The human soul has sojourned in lower and higher forms, migrating from one to another according to the samskaras or impressions, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/the-human-soul-has-sojourned-in-lower-and-higher-forms-migrating-from/)

[Swami Vivekananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/swami-vivekananda/)

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> [Those who grumble at the little thing that has fallen to their lot to do will grumble at everything. Always grumbling, they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/those-who-grumble-at-the-little-thing-that-has-fallen-to-their-lot-to/)

[Swami Vivekananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/swami-vivekananda/)

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> [One point of difference between Hinduism and other religions is that in Hinduism we pass from truth to truth-from a lower truth…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/one-point-of-difference-between-hinduism-and-other-religions-is-that/)

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> [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/)

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> [Too early religious advancement of the Hindus and that superfineness in everything which made them cling to higher alternatives, have reduced them…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/too-early-religious-advancement-of-the-hindus-and-that-superfineness/)

[Swami Vivekananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/swami-vivekananda/)

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> [For a warrior, nothing is higher than a war against evil. The warrior confronted with such a war should be pleased, Arjuna,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/for-a-warrior-nothing-is-higher-than-a-war-against-evil-the-warrior/)

[Swami Vivekananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/swami-vivekananda/)

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> ["I do not want to get material life, do not want the sense-life, but something higher." That is renunciation. Then, by the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/i-do-not-want-to-get-material-life-do-not-want-the-sense-life-but/)

[Swami Vivekananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/swami-vivekananda/)

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> [Well has it been said that man is the only animal that naturally looks upwards; every other animal naturally looks down. That…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/well-has-it-been-said-that-man-is-the-only-animal-that-naturally-2/)

[Swami Vivekananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/swami-vivekananda/)

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> [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/)

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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/)

[Swami Vivekananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/swami-vivekananda/)

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> [Dâna, charity. There is no higher virtue than charity. The lowest man is he whose hand draws in, in receiving; and he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/d-na-charity-there-is-no-higher-virtue-than-charity-the-lowest-man-is/)

[Swami Vivekananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/swami-vivekananda/)

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> [So we find that in almost every religion these are the three primary things which we have in the worship of God…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/so-we-find-that-in-almost-every-religion-these-are-the-three-primary/)

[Swami Vivekananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/swami-vivekananda/)

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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/)

[Swami Vivekananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/swami-vivekananda/)

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> [Jesus Christ was God - the Personal God become man. He has manifested Himself many times in different forms and these alone…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/jesus-christ-was-god-the-personal-god-become-man-he-has-manifested/)

[Swami Vivekananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/swami-vivekananda/)

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> [There is no God separate from you, no God higher than you, the real 'you'. All the gods are little beings to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/there-is-no-god-separate-from-you-no-god-higher-than-you-the-real-you/)

[Swami Vivekananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/swami-vivekananda/)

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> [In Tibet there is no marriage, and there is no jealousy, yet we know that marriage is a much higher state. The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/in-tibet-there-is-no-marriage-and-there-is-no-jealousy-yet-we-know/)

[Swami Vivekananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/swami-vivekananda/)

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> [Even the lowest of the Hindus, the Pariah, has less of the brute in him than a Briton in a similar social…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/even-the-lowest-of-the-hindus-the-pariah-has-less-of-the-brute-in-him/)

[Swami Vivekananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/swami-vivekananda/)

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> [Meditation, you know, comes by a process imagination. You go through all these processes purification of the elements - making the one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/meditation-you-know-comes-by-a-process-imagination-you-go-through-all/)

[Swami Vivekananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/swami-vivekananda/)

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> [There are the altars, but here is the greatest of altars, the living, conscious human body, and to worship at this altar…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/there-are-the-altars-but-here-is-the-greatest-of-altars-the-living/)

[Swami Vivekananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/swami-vivekananda/)

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> [The mind generally takes up various objects, runs into all sorts of things. That is the lower state. There is a higher…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/the-mind-generally-takes-up-various-objects-runs-into-all-sorts-of/)

[Swami Vivekananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/swami-vivekananda/)

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## Other authors on Higher

## 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/)

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                        "text": "This is the ancient land, where wisdom made its home before it went into any other country... Here is the same India whose soil has been trodden by the feet of the greatest sages that ever lived... Look back, therefore, as far as you can, drink deep of the eternal fountains that are behind, and after that look forward, march forward, and make India brighter, greater, much higher, than she ever was.",
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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": "Dâna, charity. There is no higher virtue than charity. The lowest man is he whose hand draws in, in receiving; and he is the highest man whose hand goes out in giving. The hand was made to give always. Give the last bit of bread you have even if you are starving. You will be free in a moment if you starve yourself to death by giving to another. Immediately you will be perfect, you will become God.",
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                        "text": "So we find that in almost every religion these are the three primary things which we have in the worship of God - forms or symbols, names, God-men. All religions have these, but you find that they want to fight with each other...These are the external forms of devotion, through which man has to pass; but if he is sincere, if he really wants to reach the truth, he goes higher than these, to a plane where forms are as nothing.",
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                        "text": "Jesus Christ was God - the Personal God become man. He has manifested Himself many times in different forms and these alone are what you can worship. God in His absolute nature is not to be worshipped. Worshipping such God would be nonsense. We have to worship Jesus Christ, the human manifestation, as God. You cannot worship anything higher than the manifestation of God. The sooner you give up the worship of God separate from Christ, the better for you.",
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                        "text": "There is no God separate from you, no God higher than you, the real 'you'. All the gods are little beings to you, all the ideas of God and Father in heaven are but your own reflection. God Himself is your image. 'God created man after His own image.' That is wrong. Man creates God after his own image. That is right. Throughout the universe we are creating gods after our own image. We create the god and fall down at his feet and worship him; and when this dream comes, we love it!",
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                        "text": "In Tibet there is no marriage, and there is no jealousy, yet we know that marriage is a much higher state. The Tibetans have not known the wonderful enjoyment, the blessing of chastity, the happiness of having a chaste, virtuous wife, or a chaste, virtuous husband. These people cannot feel that. And similarly they do not feel the intense jealousy of the chaste wife or husband, or the misery caused by unfaithfulness on either side, with all the heart-burnings and sorrows which believers in chastity experience. On one side, the latter gain happiness, but on the other, they suffer misery too.",
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                        "text": "Even the lowest of the Hindus, the Pariah, has less of the brute in him than a Briton in a similar social status. This is the result of an old and excellent religious civilization. This evolution to a higher spiritual state is possible only through discipline and education.",
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                        "text": "Meditation, you know, comes by a process imagination. You go through all these processes purification of the elements - making the one melt the other, that into the next higher, that into mind, that into spirit, and then you are spirit.",
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