Mother Quotes by Swami Vivekananda

Hinduism is the mother of all religions

— Swami Vivekananda

The sea calm is the Absolute; the same sea in waves is Divine Mother.

— Swami Vivekananda

I am indebted to my mother for the efflorescence of my knowledge.

— Swami Vivekananda

Have faith in yourselves, great convictions are the mother of great deeds.

— Swami Vivekananda

“The mother and the father are the causes of this body; so a man must undergo a thousand troubles in order to…

— Swami Vivekananda

You never hear of a mother cursing the child; she is forgiving, always forgiving.

— Swami Vivekananda

Friends or foes, they are all instruments in Her hands to help us work out our own karma, through pleasure or pain.…

— Swami Vivekananda

Yes, the words of the Mother can be heard as clearly as we hear one another. But one requires a fine nerve…

— Swami Vivekananda

The ideal of womanhood in India is motherhood - that marvellous, unselfish, all - suffering, ever - forgiving mother.

— Swami Vivekananda

The best principles in our lives were those which we heard from our mothers through our ears.

— Swami Vivekananda

Moths like me die by the thousands every minute. Her work goes on all the same. Glory unto Mother!

— Swami Vivekananda

One thing I must tell you. Idolatry in India does not mean anything horrible. It is not the mother of harlots.

— Swami Vivekananda

My boat is nearing the calm harbour from which it is never more to be driven out. Glory, glory unto Mother! (Referring…

— Swami Vivekananda

Never allow weakness to overtake your mind. Remember Mahavira, remember the Divine Mother! And you will see that all weakness, all cowardice…

— Swami Vivekananda

In India the mother is the center of the family and our highest ideal. She is to us the representative of God,…

— Swami Vivekananda

With the Holy Mother as the centre of inspiration, a Math is to be established on the eastern bank of the Ganga.…

— Swami Vivekananda

Renounce and give up. What did Christ say? "He that loseth his life for my sake shall find it." Again and again…

— Swami Vivekananda

It is very difficult to understand why in this country [India] so much difference is made between men and women, whereas the…

— Swami Vivekananda

He is everywhere, the pure and formless One, the Almighty and the All-merciful. "Thou art our father, Thou art our mother, Thou…

— Swami Vivekananda

Prana, according to the Vedanta, is the principle of life. It is like ether, an omnipresent principle; and all motion, either in…

— Swami Vivekananda

For the next fifty years this alone shall be our keynote - this, our great Mother India. Let all other vain gods…

— Swami Vivekananda

Behind my work was ambition, behind my love was personality, behind my purity was fear, behind my guidance the thirst for power.…

— Swami Vivekananda

Learn to recognise the mother in Evil, Terror, Sorrow, Denial, as well as in Sweetness and in Joy.

— Swami Vivekananda

There must be no fear, no begging, but demanding - demanding the Highest. The true devotees of the Mother are as hard,…

— Swami Vivekananda

Last of all will come self-surrender. Then we shall be able to give ourselves up to the Mother. If misery comes, welcome;…

— Swami Vivekananda