People Quotes by Swami Vivekananda

Unselfishness is more paying, only people have not the patience to practice it.

— Swami Vivekananda

Brave, bold people, these are what we want.

— Swami Vivekananda

Religion is the one and sole interest of the people of India.

— Swami Vivekananda

Now is wanted intense Karma-Yoga with unbounded courage and indomitable strength in the heart. Then only will the people of the country…

— Swami Vivekananda

The body must be properly taken care of. The people who torture their flesh are demoniacal.

— Swami Vivekananda

Bless people when they revile you. Think how much good they are doing by helping to stamp out the false ego.

— Swami Vivekananda

Bold has been my message to the people of the west, bolder is my message to you, my beloved countryman.

— Swami Vivekananda

Society does not go down because of the activities of criminals, But because of the inactivities of the good people.

— Swami Vivekananda

It is a retarding element creating hatred and anger, and causing people to fight each other, and making them unsympathetic.

— Swami Vivekananda

Soft-brained people, weak-minded, chicken-hearted , cannot find the truth. One has to be free, and as broad as the sky.

— Swami Vivekananda

God is always God, but the views which people and nations may take of him vary. No higher view is known than…

— Swami Vivekananda

The power of meditation gets us everything. If you want to get power over nature, [you can have it through meditation]. It…

— Swami Vivekananda

Always discriminate-your body, your house, the people and the world are all absolutely unreal like a dream. Always think that the body…

— Swami Vivekananda

Be not afraid , for all great power throughout the history of humanity has been with the people. From out of their…

— Swami Vivekananda

Preaching has always been the business of the Asiatics. The Western people are grand in organisation, social institutions, armies, governments, etc.; but…

— Swami Vivekananda

Why is it that we three hundred and thirty millions of people have been ruled for the last one thousand years by…

— Swami Vivekananda

I am persuaded that a leader is not made in one life. He has to be born for it. For the difficulty…

— Swami Vivekananda

Throw aside your scriptures in the Ganga and teach the people first the means of procuring their food and clothing, and then…

— 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

Spirituality brings a class of men who lay exclusive claim to the special powers of the world. The immediate effect of this…

— 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 are all the time, from our childhood, trying to lay the blame upon something outside ourselves. We are always standing up…

— Swami Vivekananda

If you intend to study the mind, you must have systematic training; you must practice to bring the mind under your control,…

— Swami Vivekananda

If the Lord wills, we shall make this Math a great centre of harmony. Our Lord is the visible embodiment of the…

— Swami Vivekananda

This faith in themselves was in the hearts of our ancestors, this faith in themselves was the motive power that pushed them…

— Swami Vivekananda

We find the vast majority of people in every country believing that there will be a time when this world will become…

— Swami Vivekananda

The West regards marriage as consisting in all that lies beyond the legal tie, while in India it is thought of as…

— Swami Vivekananda

Think always: I am ever-pure, ever-knowing, and ever-free. How can I do anything evil? Can I ever be befooled like ordinary people…

— 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

We see many persons talking the most wonderfully fine things about charity and about equality and the rights of other people and…

— Swami Vivekananda

I hear, Western people say, "The world was created for us." If tigers could write books, they would say, man was created…

— Swami Vivekananda

Have faith in yourself. You people were once the Vedic Rishis. Only, you have come in different forms, that's all. I see…

— Swami Vivekananda

Who will bring light to the poor? Who will travel from door to door bringing education to them? Let these people be…

— Swami Vivekananda

If you are a strong man, very good! But do not curse others who are not strong enough for you. ...Everyone says,…

— Swami Vivekananda

The greatest force is derived from the power of thought. The finer the element, the more powerful it is. The silent power…

— Swami Vivekananda

Tell the truth boldly, whether it hurts or not. Never pander to weakness. If truth is too much for intelligent people and…

— Swami Vivekananda

What we want now is an immense awakening of Râjasika energy, for the whole country is wrapped in the shroud of Tamas.…

— Swami Vivekananda

I am the thread that runs through all these pearls, and each pearl is a religion or even a sect thereof. Such…

— Swami Vivekananda

Why are people so afraid? The answer is that they have made themselves helpless and dependent on others. We are so lazy,…

— Swami Vivekananda

Bless people when they revile you. Think how much good they are doing by helping to stamp out the false ego. Hold…

— Swami Vivekananda