According to the Hindu way of thinking, marriage is rather a duty than a privilege. — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Marriage is not for individual happiness, but for the welfare of the nation and the caste. — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
What is marriage but the renunciation of unchastity? The savage does not marry. Man marries because he renounces. — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Marriage or non-marriage, good or evil, learning or ignorance, any of these is justified, if it leads to the goal. — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Forget not that thy marriage, thy wealth, thy life are not for sense-pleasure, are not for thy individual personal happiness. — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
We are slaves in the hands of nature - slaves to a bit of bread, slaves to praise, slaves to blame, slaves… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
A monk is not forbidden to marry, but if he takes a wife she becomes a monk with the same powers and… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Just as man must have liberty to think and speak, so he must have liberty in food, dress, and marriage, and in… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
The natural ambition of woman is through marriage to climb up, leaning upon a man; but those days are gone. You shall… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Ordinary love is mere animal attraction. Otherwise why is the distinction between the sexes? If one kneels before an image, it is… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
The householder must always please his wife with money, clothes, love and faith and never do anything to disturb her. That man… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Marriage is the truest goal for ninety-nine per cent of the human race, and they will live the happiest life as soon… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
In countries where there is no marriage, there is no duty between husband and wife; when marriage comes, husband and wife live… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
This doctrine of prenatal influence is now slowly being recognized, and science as well as religion calls out: 'Keep yourself holy, and… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Rama, the ancient idol of the heroic ages, the embodiment of truth, of morality, the ideal son, the ideal husband, and above… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Our misery comes, not from work, but by our getting attached to something. Take for instance, money: money is a great thing… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
The West regards marriage as consisting in all that lies beyond the legal tie, while in India it is thought of as… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
In Tibet there is no marriage, and there is no jealousy, yet we know that marriage is a much higher state. The… — 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
