Religion, in India, means realisation and nothing short of that. — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Renunciation, and renunciation alone, is the real secret, the Mulamantra, of all Realisation. — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
The "ego" like its correlative "non-ego", is the product of the body, mind etc. The only proof of the existence of the… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
One ounce of the practice of righteousness and of spiritual Self-realisation outweighs tons and tons of frothy talk and nonsensical sentiments. — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
With the attraction for lust and lucre working the other way, how many long for the realisation of God? — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Know this also to be one of the spiritual practices, a discipline for God - realisation. Its aim also is Self -… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Wherever there has been expansion in love or progress in well-being, of individuals or numbers, it has been through the perception, realisation,… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
[Not parroting.] My old Master used to say, "It is all very good to teach the parrot to say, 'Lord, Lord, Lord'… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Remember the words of Christ: "Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Neither numbers nor powers nor wealth nor learning nor eloquence nor anything else will prevail, but purity, living the life, in one… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
A Sannyasin cannot belong to any religion, for his is a life of independent thought, which draws from all religions; his is… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Realisation of love can never come so long as there is the least desire in the heart, or what Shri Ramakrishna used… — 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
![“[Not parroting.] My old Master used to say, "It is all very good to teach the parrot to say, 'Lord, Lord, Lord' all the time; but let the cat come and take hold of its neck, it forgets all about it" [You may] pray all the time, read all the scriptures in the world, and worship all the gods there…” quote by Swami Vivekananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/aa5/swami-vivekananda-53_argumentation_not-parroting-my-old-master-used-to-say_1463100.jpg)
