Some imaginations help to break the bondage of the rest. The whole universe is imagination, but one set of imaginations will cure… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
No cowardice, no sin, no crime, no weakness - the rest will come of itself. . . — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
For a warrior, nothing is higher than a war against evil. The warrior confronted with such a war should be pleased, Arjuna,… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Strength, strength is what the Upanishads speak to me from every page. This is the one great thing to remember, it has… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
There is only one sin and it is: weakness. When I was a boy, I read Milton's Paradise Lost. The only good… — 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
The Vedanta recognizes no sin it only recognizes error. And the greatest error, says the Vedanta is to say that you are… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
The root of evil is in the illusion that we are bodies. This, if any, is the original sin. — 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
The first sign that you are becoming religious is that you are becoming cheerful. When a man is gloomy, that may be… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Our religion teaches that anger is a great sin, even if it is "righteous". — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Never think there is anything impossible for the soul. It is the greatest heresy to think so. If there is sin, this… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
To me the thought of oneself as low and humble is a sin and ignorance. — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
...Really, there is no greater sin than cowardice; cowards are never saved - that is sure. I can stand everything else but… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
There is, however, only one idea of duty which has been universally accepted by all mankind, of all ages and sects and… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
The only religion that ought to be taught is the religion of fearlessness. Either in this world or in the world of… — 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
Strength and manliness are virtue; weakness and cowardice are sin. — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
The greatest sin is to think that you are weak. No one is greater: realize that you are Brahman. Nothing has power… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Fear is death, fear is sin, fear is hell, fear is unrighteousness, and fear is wrong life. All the negative thoughts and… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Be moral. Be brave. Be a heart-whole man, strictly moral, brave unto desperation. Don't bother your head with religious theories. Cowards only… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
"You are pure and perfect, and what you call sin does not belong to you". Sins are low degrees of Self-manifestation; manifest… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Know that all sins and all evils can be summed up in that one word, weakness. It is weakness that is the… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Strength, strength it is that we want so much in this life, for what we call sin and sorrow have all one… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
What makes a man stand up and work? Strength. Strength is goodness, weakness is sin. — 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
