“The sages of the world have only the right to tell us that they have analysed their minds and have found these… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
“there is a continuity of mind, as the Yogis call it. The mind is universal. Your mind, my mind, all these little… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Give up all desire for enjoyment in earth or heaven. Control the organs of the senses and control the mind. Bear every… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
There is no limit to the power of the human mind. The more concentrated it is, the more power is brought to… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Astrology and all these mystical things are generally signs of a weak mind; therefore as soon as they are becoming prominent in… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
The only way to study the mind is to get at facts, and then intellect will arrange them and deduce the principles. — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
“The mind is in its own nature when it is calm. The moment you can calm it, that [very] moment you will… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
My child, what I want is muscles of iron and nerves of steel, inside which dwells a mind of the same material… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
That which is nearest is least observed. The Atman is the nearest of the near, therefore the careless and the unsteady mind… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
The mind in its foolishness thinks that it is working in this body. Why should I be bound by one system of… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Avoid excessive merriment. A mind in that state never becomes calm; it becomes fickle. Excessive merriment will always be followed by sorrow.… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Knowledge is inherent in man; no knowledge comes from outside; it is all inside. We say Newton discovered gravitation. Was it sitting… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
The calm man is not the man who is dull. You must not mistake Sattva for dullness or laziness. The calm man… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
The body and mind are continually changing, and are, in fact, only names of series of changeful phenomena, like rivers whose waters… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
You nourish your minds by reading books. There is no good in doing that unless you hold it also as a sacrifice… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
We have not faith, we have not patience to see this. We trust the man in the street; but there is one… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Always keep the mind cheerful. Everyone will die once. Cowards suffer the pangs of death again and again, solely due to the… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
He in whose mind is no anger, hatred, or envy, who never loses his balance, dies, or is born, who is he… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Manushya (man) is a being with Manas (mind); and as soon as his thinking power goes, he becomes no better than an… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Whose meditation is real and effective? Who can really surrender to the will of God? Only the person whose mind has been… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
As body, mind, or soul, you are a dream; you really are Being, Consciousness, Bliss (satchidananda). You are the God of this… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Education is not filling the mind with a lot of facts. Perfecting the instrument and getting complete mastery of my own mind… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
According to us, there are three things in the makeup of man. There is the body, there is the mind, and there… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
When we let loose our feelings, we waste so much energy, shatter our nerves, disturb our minds, and accomplish very little work. — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Work done for the Self gives no bondage. Neither desire pleasure nor fear pain from work. It is the mind and body… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
[Perfection] is only possible if the mind of man is changed, if he, of his own sweet will, changes his mind; and… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
All knowledge that the world has ever received comes from the mind; the infinite library of the universe is in our own… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Freedom can never be reached by the weak. Throw away all weakness. Tell your body that it is strong, tell your mind… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Let the mind be cheerful but calm. Never let it run into excesses, because every excess will be followed by a reaction. — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
“A man is said to be [illumined] if his will has become firm, if his mind is not disturbed by misery, if… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
There may be a million microbes of misery floating about us. Never mind! They dare not approach us, they have no power… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
If there is no strength in body and mind, the Atman cannot be realized. First you have to build the body by… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
“What is it that is whirling the mind? Imagination, creative activity. Stop creation and you know the truth. All power of creation… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Bear in mind, my children, that only cowards and those who are weak commit sin and tell lies. The brave are always… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
“It is our own mental attitude which makes the world what it is for us. Our thoughts make things beautiful, our thoughts… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Stamping down the weakness of mind and heart, stand up, saying, "I am possessed of heroism, I am possessed of a steady… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Thought ceases in meditation; even the mind's elements are quite quiet. Blood circulation stops. His breath stops, but he is not dead. — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Mind you, there is no value in learning. You are all mistaken in learning. The only value of knowledge is in the… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Say to your own minds, "I am He, I am He". Let it ring day and night in your minds like a… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Just as I sit down to meditate, all the vilest subjects in the world come up. The whole thing is nauseating. Why… — 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 Image
The Hindus have a peculiar slovenliness in business matters, not being sufficiently methodical and strict in keeping accounts etc. — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
Though an atom is invisible, unthinkable, yet in it are the whole power and potency of the universe. — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Nothing can be produced without a cause, and the effect is but the cause reproduced. — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
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![“[Perfection] is only possible if the mind of man is changed, if he, of his own sweet will, changes his mind; and the great difficulty is, neither can he force his own mind.” quote by Swami Vivekananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/c03/swami-vivekananda-53_changed_perfection-is-only-possible-if-the-mind_3113287.jpg)
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