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
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
This is the great lesson that we are here to learn through myriads of births and heavens and hells-that there is nothing… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Man only remains hypnotised with the false idea of an ego. When this ghost is off from us, all dreams vanish, and… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
One possessing Vairagya does not understand by Atman the individual ego but the All-pervading Lord, residing as the Self and Internal Ruler… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Life is called Samsara - it is the result of the conflicting forces acting upon us. Materialism says, "The voice of freedom… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
All action of Sattva, a modification of Prakriti characterised by light and happiness, is for the soul. When Sattva is free from… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
"Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God." This sentence alone would save mankind if all books and prophets… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
We want Shraddhâ, we want faith in our own selves. Strength is life, weakness is death. 'We are the Âtman, deathless and… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Today the West is awakening to its wants; and the "true self of man and spirit" is the watchword of the advanced… — 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 act of charity, every thought of sympathy, every action of help, every good deed, is taking so much of self-importance away… — 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
This little separate self must die. Then we shall find that we are in the Real, and that Real is God, and… — 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
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
Learn obedience first. Among these Western nations, with such a high spirit of independence, the spirit of obedience is equally strong. We… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
If you want to be a yogi, you must be free, and place yourself in circumstances where you are alone and free… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Plunge into the world, and then, after a time, when you have suffered and enjoyed all that is in it, will renunciation… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
If the suns come down, and the moons crumble into dust, and systems after systems are hurled into annihilation, what is that… — 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
![“It is very difficult to understand why in this country [India] so much difference is made between men and women, whereas the Vedanta declares that one and the same conscious Self is present in all beings. You always criticize the women, but say what have you done for their uplift? Writing down…” quote by Swami Vivekananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/41d/swami-vivekananda-53_binding_it-is-very-difficult-to-understand-why-i_3204867.jpg)
