--- title: "8 Pieces Quotes By Swami Vivekananda" description: "8 Pieces quotes by Swami Vivekananda. Plus more from Swami Vivekananda and more Pieces sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ae2/swami-vivekananda-53_cease_give-up-renounce-the-world-now-we-are-li_556932.jpg" --- > [Give up, renounce the world. Now we are like dogs strayed into a kitchen and eating a piece of meat, looking round…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/give-up-renounce-the-world-now-we-are-like-dogs-strayed-into-a/) [Swami Vivekananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/swami-vivekananda/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ae2/swami-vivekananda-53_cease_give-up-renounce-the-world-now-we-are-li_556932.jpg) > [In real meditation you forget the body. You may be cut to pieces and not feel it at all. You feel such…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/in-real-meditation-you-forget-the-body-you-may-be-cut-to-pieces-and/) [Swami Vivekananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/swami-vivekananda/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/210/swami-vivekananda-53_body_in-real-meditation-you-forget-the-body-y_880429.jpg) > [Every one is as much bound in thought, word, deed, and mind, as a piece of stone or this table. That I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/every-one-is-as-much-bound-in-thought-word-deed-and-mind-as-a-piece/) [Swami Vivekananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/swami-vivekananda/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/931/swami-vivekananda-53_bondage_every-one-is-as-much-bound-in-thought-wo_884718.jpg) > [The secret of Greek Art is its imitation of nature even to the minutest details; whereas the secret of Indian Art is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/the-secret-of-greek-art-is-its-imitation-of-nature-even-to-the/) [Swami Vivekananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/swami-vivekananda/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bdc/swami-vivekananda-53_art_the-secret-of-greek-art-is-its-imitation_896183.jpg) > [Om is the pointed piece and Dhyâna (meditation) is the friction.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/om-is-the-pointed-piece-and-dhy-na-meditation-is-the-friction/) [Swami Vivekananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/swami-vivekananda/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/65d/swami-vivekananda-53_friction_om-is-the-pointed-piece-and-dhy-na-medit_1432904.jpg) > [If a piece of burning charcoal be placed on a man’s head, see how he struggles to throw it off. Similar will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/if-a-piece-of-burning-charcoal-be-placed-on-a-man-s-head-see-how-he/) [Swami Vivekananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/swami-vivekananda/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/533/swami-vivekananda-53_burning_if-a-piece-of-burning-charcoal-be-placed_2332257.jpg) > [The man who gives way to anger, or hatred, or any other passion, cannot work; he only breaks himself to pieces, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/the-man-who-gives-way-to-anger-or-hatred-or-any-other-passion-cannot/) [Swami Vivekananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/swami-vivekananda/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/292/swami-vivekananda-53_amount_the-man-who-gives-way-to-anger-or-hatred_2594931.jpg) > [The Atman alone is eternal. Hospitals will tumble down. Railroad givers will all die. This earth will be blown to pieces, suns…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/the-atman-alone-is-eternal-hospitals-will-tumble-down-railroad-givers/) [Swami Vivekananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/swami-vivekananda/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b22/swami-vivekananda-53_atman_the-atman-alone-is-eternal-hospitals-wil_2645197.jpg) ## Other authors on Pieces ## More by Swami Vivekananda > [Every action that helps us manifest our divine nature more and more is good; every action that retards it is evil.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/every-action-that-helps-us-manifest-our-divine-nature-more-and-more/) [Swami Vivekananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/swami-vivekananda/) > [Holiness sincerity, and faith.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/holiness-sincerity-and-faith/) [Swami Vivekananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/swami-vivekananda/) > [The Hindus have a peculiar slovenliness in business matters, not being sufficiently methodical and strict in keeping accounts etc.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/the-hindus-have-a-peculiar-slovenliness-in-business-matters-not-being/) [Swami Vivekananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/swami-vivekananda/) > [Renunciation is in our blood.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/renunciation-is-in-our-blood/) [Swami Vivekananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/swami-vivekananda/) > [Let positive, strong, helpful thoughts enter into your brains from very childhood. Lay yourselves open to these thoughts, and not to weakening and paralysing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/let-positive-strong-helpful-thoughts-enter-into-your-brains-from-very/) [Swami Vivekananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/swami-vivekananda/) > [Where can we go to find God if we cannot see Him in our own hearts and in every living being.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/where-can-we-go-to-find-god-if-we-cannot-see-him-in-our-own-hearts/) [Swami Vivekananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/swami-vivekananda/) > [It is the free alone which never changes, and the unchangeable alone which is free; for change is produced by something exterior to a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/it-is-the-free-alone-which-never-changes-and-the-unchangeable-alone/) [Swami Vivekananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/swami-vivekananda/) > [Above all, India is the land of religion.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/above-all-india-is-the-land-of-religion/) [Swami Vivekananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/swami-vivekananda/) > [The awakening of the soul to its bondage and its effort to stand up and assert itself - this is called life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/the-awakening-of-the-soul-to-its-bondage-and-its-effort-to-stand-up/) [Swami Vivekananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/swami-vivekananda/) > [It is the Prana that is manifesting as motion.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/it-is-the-prana-that-is-manifesting-as-motion/) [Swami Vivekananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/swami-vivekananda/) > [Though an atom is invisible, unthinkable, yet in it are the whole power and potency of the universe.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/though-an-atom-is-invisible-unthinkable-yet-in-it-are-the-whole-power/) [Swami Vivekananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/swami-vivekananda/) > [Nothing can be produced without a cause, and the effect is but the cause reproduced.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/nothing-can-be-produced-without-a-cause-and-the-effect-is-but-the/) [Swami Vivekananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/swami-vivekananda/) > [All the strength and succour you want is within yourselves. Therefore make your own future. "Let the dead past bury its dead." The infinite…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/all-the-strength-and-succour-you-want-is-within-yourselves-therefore/) [Swami Vivekananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/swami-vivekananda/) > [Be brave! Be strong! Be fearless! Once you have taken up the spiritual life, fight as long as there is any life in you.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/be-brave-be-strong-be-fearless-once-you-have-taken-up-the-spiritual/) [Swami Vivekananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/swami-vivekananda/) > [“there is a continuity of mind, as the Yogis call it. The mind is universal. Your mind, my mind, all these little minds, are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/there-is-a-continuity-of-mind-as-the-yogis-call-it-the-mind-is/) [Swami Vivekananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/swami-vivekananda/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/pieces/swami-vivekananda/#itemlist", "name": "8 Pieces Quotes By Swami Vivekananda", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Give up, renounce the world. Now we are like dogs strayed into a kitchen and eating a piece of meat, looking round in fear lest at any moment some one may come and drive them out. Instead of that, be a king and know you own the world. This never comes until you give it up and it ceases to bind. Give up mentally, if you do not physically. 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