Without birth or death, eternal, ever-existing, free, unchangeable and beyond all conditions is this Soul of man - the real Self of… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
You are the Children of God, the sharers of immortal bliss, holy and perfect beings. You divinities on earth. Come up, O… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
God is one the paths to reach him (religions) are many - just as different rivers, originating in different mountains, traverse different… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Not believing in the glory of our own soul is what the Vedanta calls atheism. — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
The Self when it appears behind the universe is called God. The same Self when it appears behind this little universe-the body-is… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
There is only one Soul in the Universe. There is no 'you' or 'me'; all variety is merged into the absolute unity,… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Whether dualistic, qualified monistic, or monistic, they all firmly believe that everything is in the soul itself; it has only to come… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Just as the law of gravitation existed before its discovery and would exist if all humanity forgets it, so it is with… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
"Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God." Can we see God? Of course not. Can we know God?… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Even the lowest of the low have the Atman (Soul) inside, which never dies and never is born, immortal, without beginning or… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
This is the central idea of the Gita- to be calm and steadfast in all circumstances, with one's body, mind, and soul… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
The human soul has sojourned in lower and higher forms, migrating from one to another according to the samskaras or impressions, but… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
It is too often believed that a person in his progress towards perfection passes from error to truth; that when he passes… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
The Indian idea is that the soul is formless. Whatever is form must break some time or other. — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
All truth is eternal. Truth is nobody’s property; no race, no individual can lay any exclusive claim to it. Truth is the… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
The soul ... is nameless because it is formless. It will neither go to heaven nor [to hell] any more than it… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
If there's a God, we must see him and if there's a soul we must perceive it. Otherwise, it's better not to… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
These practices - non-killing, truthfulness, non-stealing, chastity, and non-receiving - are to be practised by every man, woman, and child; by every… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
I am what I am, and what I am is always due to him; whatever in me or in my words is… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
After every happiness comes misery; they may be far apart or near. The more advanced the soul, the more quickly does one… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Come out into the broad light of day, come out from the little narrow paths, for how can the infinite soul rest… — 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
