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
Whether on the ground of materialism, or of intellect, or of spirituality, the compensation that is given by the Lord to every… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
We have seemingly been divided, limited, because of our ignorance; and we have become as it were the little Mrs. so -… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Weak or wicked, great or small, in men and in animal, resides the same omnipresent, omniscient soul. The difference is not in… — 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
I am neither man nor angel. I have no sex nor limit. I am knowledge itself. I am He. I have neither… — 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
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
Work, my children, work with your whole heart and soul! That is the thing. Mind not the fruit of work. What if… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
The fact is that we have many superstitions, many bad spots and sores on our body - these have to be excised,… — 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
Anything that is secret and mysterious in this system of Yoga should be at once rejected. The best guide in life is… — 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
The animal has its happiness in the senses, the human beings in their intellect, and the gods in spiritual contemplation. It is… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Then from the world all spirituality will be extinct, all moral perfection will be extinct, all sweet-souled sympathy for religion will be… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Renunciation is the background of all religious thought wherever it be, and you will always find that as this idea of renunciation… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
May I be born again and again, and suffer thousands of miseries so that I may worship the only God that exists,… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Mark you, if you give up spirituality, leaving it aside to go after the materializing civilization of the West, the result will… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
My son, there is no rest for me. That which Sri Ramakrishna called "Kali" took possession of my body and soul three… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Tremendous purity, tremendous renunciation, is the one secret of spirituality. “Neither through wealth, nor through progeny, but through renunciation alone is immortality… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Arise! Arise! A tidal wave is coming! Onward! Men and women, down to the Chandala (Pariah) - all are pure in his… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Every one is as much bound in thought, word, deed, and mind, as a piece of stone or this table. That I… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
“Ignorance is the mother of all the evil and all the misery we see. Let men have light, let them be pure… — 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
