May the Lord ordain that your son becomes a man, and never a coward! — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Man cannot always think of matter, however pleasurable it may be. — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
YOU know, I may have to be born again, you see, I have fallen in love with mankind. — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
May blessings and happiness attend every step of your progress in this world. — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Some may be helped by images, some may not. Some require an image outside, others one inside the brain. — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
You are incarnations of God, all of you. You are incarnations of the Almighty, Omnipresent, Divine Principle. You may laugh at me… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
This life is a hard fact; work your way through it boldly, though it may be adamantine; no matter, the soul is… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
God is always God, but the views which people and nations may take of him vary. No higher view is known than… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Mankind ought to be taught that religions are but the varied expressions of THE RELIGION, which is Oneness, so that each may… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
However we may receive blows, and however knocked about we may be, the Soul is there and is never injured. We are… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Books are only made so that they may point the way to a higher life; but no good results unless the path… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Experience is the only teacher we have. We may talk and reason all our lives, but we shall not understand a word… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
We read many books, but that does not bring us knowledge. We may read all the Bibles in the world, but that… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
May I be born again and again, and suffer thousands of miseries so that I may worship the only God that exists,… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Unselfishness is God. One may live on a throne, in a golden palace, and be perfectly unselfish; and then he is in… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
A tremendous stream is flowing toward the ocean, carrying us all along with it; and though like straws and scraps of paper… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
By work alone, men may get to where Buddha got largely by meditation or Christ by prayer. Buddha was a working Jnani,… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
I believe that the Hindu faith has developed the spiritual in its devotees at the expense of the material, and I think… — 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
We must recognise that duty and morality vary under different circumstances; not that the man who resists evil is doing what is… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Every successful man must have behind him somewhere tremendous integrity, tremendous sincerity, and that is the cause of his signal success in… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Seek ye first the kingdom of God, and everything shall be added unto you. This is the one great duty, this is… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
The first sign that you are becoming religious is that you are becoming cheerful. When a man is gloomy, that may be… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
That intense faith in another world, that intense hatred for this world, that intense power of renunciation, that intense faith in God,… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
There are hundreds of thousands of microbes surrounding us, but they cannot harm us unless we become weak, until the body is… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Non-injuring has to be attained by him who would be free. No one is more powerful than he who has attained perfect… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Give up, renounce the world. Now we are like dogs strayed into a kitchen and eating a piece of meat, looking round… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
No civilisation can grow unless fanatics, bloodshed, and brutality stop. No civilisation can begin to lift up its head until we look… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
All these ideas such as astrology, although there may be a grain of truth in them, should be avoided. — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Where you find the attraction for lust and wealth considerably diminished, to whatever creed he may belong, know that his inner spirit… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
The same fire that cooks a meal for us may burn a child, and it is no fault of the fire if… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Practice is absolutely necessary. You may sit down and listen to me by the hour every day, but if you do not… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
One may gain political and social independence, but if one is a slave to his passions and desires, one cannot feel the… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Materialism prevails in Europe today. You may pray for the salvation of the modern sceptics, but they do not yield, they want… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
The Heart and core of everything here is good, that whatever may be the surface waves, deep down and underlying everything, there… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
You may meditate on whatever you like, but I shall meditate on the heart of a lion. That gives strength — 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
The Hindus have a peculiar slovenliness in business matters, not being sufficiently methodical and strict in keeping accounts etc. — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share
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
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
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
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
Though an atom is invisible, unthinkable, yet in it are the whole power and potency of the universe. — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share
Nothing can be produced without a cause, and the effect is but the cause reproduced. — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share
All the strength and succour you want is within yourselves. Therefore make your own future. "Let the dead past bury its dead." The infinite… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share
Be brave! Be strong! Be fearless! Once you have taken up the spiritual life, fight as long as there is any life in you.… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share
“there is a continuity of mind, as the Yogis call it. The mind is universal. Your mind, my mind, all these little minds, are… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share
