Misery Quotes by Swami Vivekananda

Dependence is misery. Independence is happiness.

— Swami Vivekananda

Weakness is constant strain and misery: weakness is death.

— Swami Vivekananda

Materialism and all its miseries can never be conquered by materialism.

— Swami Vivekananda

It is fear that is the greatest cause of misery in the world.

— Swami Vivekananda

Out of this idea of separation between atom and atom comes all misery.

— Swami Vivekananda

The progress of the world means more enjoyment and more misery too.

— Swami Vivekananda

No one is to blame for our miseries but ourselves.

— Swami Vivekananda

All misery and pain come from attachment.

— Swami Vivekananda

This is a great fact: strength is life; weakness is death. Strength is felicity, life eternal, immortal; weakness is constant strain and…

— Swami Vivekananda

As soon as we identify ourselves with the work we do, we feel miserable; but if we do not identify ourselves with…

— Swami Vivekananda

With eternal faith in Him, set fire to the mountain of misery that has been heaped upon India for ages - and…

— Swami Vivekananda

“Good and evil have an equal share in moulding character, and in some instances misery is a greater teacher than happiness.”

— Swami Vivekananda

This misery that I am suffering is of my own doing, and that very thing proves that it will have to be…

— Swami Vivekananda

“Where one sees another, one hears another so long as there are two, there must be fear, and fear is the mother…

— Swami Vivekananda

Ignorance is death, knowledge is life. Life is of very little value, if it is a life in the dark, groping through…

— Swami Vivekananda

What do you gain in heaven? You become gods, drink nectar, and get rheumatism. There is less misery there than on earth,…

— Swami Vivekananda

The Vedas teach that the soul is divine, only held in the bondage of matter; perfection will be reached when this bond…

— Swami Vivekananda

There may be a million microbes of misery floating about us. Never mind! They dare not approach us, they have no power…

— Swami Vivekananda

In this world we find that all happiness is followed by misery as its shadow. Life has its shadow, death. They must…

— Swami Vivekananda

Change is always subjective. To talk of evil and misery is nonsense, because they do not exist outside. If I am immune…

— Swami Vivekananda

I fervently wish no misery ever came near anyone; yet it is that alone that gives us an insight into the depths…

— Swami Vivekananda

The nearer we are to God, the less we will have occasions to cry or weep. The further we are from God,…

— Swami Vivekananda

Seek no praise, no reward, for anything you do. No sooner do we perform a good action than we begin to desire…

— Swami Vivekananda

We must have friendship for all; we must be merciful toward those that are in misery; when people are happy, we ought…

— Swami Vivekananda

It is entirely wrong to think that we have done, or can do, good to the world, or to think that we…

— Swami Vivekananda

We get caught. How? Not by what we give but by what we expect. We get misery in return for our love:…

— Swami Vivekananda

Be not afraid of anything. You will do marvellous work. It is fear that is the great cause of misery in the…

— Swami Vivekananda

With everything we do in life we identify ourselves. Here is a man who says harsh words to me. I feel anger…

— Swami Vivekananda

Pleasure is not the goal of man, but knowledge. Pleasure and happiness comes to an end. It is a mistake to suppose…

— Swami Vivekananda

Advance like a hero. Do not be thwarted by anything. How many days will this body last, with its happiness and misery?…

— Swami Vivekananda

It is weakness, says the Vedanta, which is the cause of all misery in this world. Weakness is the one cause of…

— Swami Vivekananda

After every happiness comes misery; they may be far apart or near. The more advanced the soul, the more quickly does one…

— Swami Vivekananda

Bold words and bolder deeds are what we want. Awake, awake, great ones! The world is burning with misery. Can you sleep?

— Swami Vivekananda

Every time you think of doing some charity, you think there is some beggar to take your charity. If you say, "O…

— Swami Vivekananda

Each one of us reaps what we ourselves have sown. These miseries under which we suffer, these bondages under which we struggle,…

— Swami Vivekananda

He who is alone is happy. Do good to all, like everyone, but do not love anyone. It is a bondage, and…

— Swami Vivekananda

We may convert every house in the country into a charity asylum, we may fill the land with hospitals, but the misery…

— Swami Vivekananda

If you are angry, and then happy, the next moment the anger passes away. Out of that anger you manufactured the next…

— Swami Vivekananda

Go and preach to all, 'Arise, awake, sleep no more: within each of you there is the power to remove all wants…

— Swami Vivekananda

Life without death and happiness without misery are contradiction and neither can be found alone, because each of them is a different…

— Swami Vivekananda