Have faith in yourselves, great convictions are the mother of great deeds. — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
I am indebted to my mother for the efflorescence of my knowledge. — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Friends or foes, they are all instruments in Her hands to help us work out our own karma, through pleasure or pain.… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Give up bondage; become a son, be free, and then you can "see the Father", as did Jesus. — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
The ideal of womanhood in India is motherhood - that marvellous, unselfish, all - suffering, ever - forgiving mother. — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
You never hear of a mother cursing the child; she is forgiving, always forgiving. — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
“The mother and the father are the causes of this body; so a man must undergo a thousand troubles in order to… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
“Where one sees another, one hears another so long as there are two, there must be fear, and fear is the mother… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Learn to recognise the mother in Evil, Terror, Sorrow, Denial, as well as in Sweetness and in Joy. — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Moths like me die by the thousands every minute. Her work goes on all the same. Glory unto Mother! — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
My boat is nearing the calm harbour from which it is never more to be driven out. Glory, glory unto Mother! (Referring… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Jesus Christ was willing to admit every good man to the family of God. It is not the man who believes a… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Let the churches preach doctrines, theories, philosophies to their hearts' content, but when it comes to worship, the real practical part of… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
May He who is the Brahman of the Hindus, the Ahura-Mazda of the Zoroastrians, the Buddha of the Buddhists, the Jehovah of… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Never allow weakness to overtake your mind. Remember Mahavira, remember the Divine Mother! And you will see that all weakness, all cowardice… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
The Buddhists or the Jains do not depend upon God; but the whole force of their religion is directed to the great… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Father is the existence out of which everything comes; Son is that knowledge. It is in Christ that God will be manifest.… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
“It is a weakness to think that any one is dependent on me, and that I can do good to another. This… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
We get caught. How? Not by what we give but by what we expect. We get misery in return for our love:… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
"The Kingdom of Heaven is within you." Where goest thou to seek for the Kingdom of God, asks Jesus of Nazareth, when… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
With the Holy Mother as the centre of inspiration, a Math is to be established on the eastern bank of the Ganga.… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
In India the mother is the center of the family and our highest ideal. She is to us the representative of God,… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
It is very difficult to understand why in this country [India] so much difference is made between men and women, whereas the… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
"Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God." Can we see God? Of course not. Can we know God?… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
The wind is blowing; those vessels whose sails are unfurled catch it, and go forward on their way, but those which have… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
“Ignorance is the mother of all the evil and all the misery we see. Let men have light, let them be pure… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
The best principles in our lives were those which we heard from our mothers through our ears. — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
This caste system had grown by the practice of the son always following the business of the father. — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
One thing I must tell you. Idolatry in India does not mean anything horrible. It is not the mother of harlots. — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Christ said, "I and my father are one", and you repeat it. Yet it has not helped mankind. For nineteen hundred years… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Here lies the secret. Says Patanjali, the father of Yoga, "When a man rejects all the superhuman powers, then he attains to… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
There must be no fear, no begging, but demanding - demanding the Highest. The true devotees of the Mother are as hard,… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
There is no God separate from you, no God higher than you, the real 'you'. All the gods are little beings to… — 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
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