--- title: "6 True nature Quotes By Swami Vivekananda" description: "6 True nature quotes by Swami Vivekananda. Plus more from Swami Vivekananda and more True nature sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/945/swami-vivekananda-53_conscious_our-soul-is-a-spark-of-the-divine-it-is_30318.jpg" --- > [Our Soul is a spark of the Divine. It is pure and perfect. Evil deeds merely obstruct our vision of the true…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/our-soul-is-a-spark-of-the-divine-it-is-pure-and-perfect-evil-deeds/) [Swami Vivekananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/swami-vivekananda/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/945/swami-vivekananda-53_conscious_our-soul-is-a-spark-of-the-divine-it-is_30318.jpg) > [Realize your true nature. That is all there is to do. Know yourself as you are - infinite Spirit. That is practical…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/realize-your-true-nature-that-is-all-there-is-to-do-know-yourself-as/) [Swami Vivekananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/swami-vivekananda/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/695/swami-vivekananda-53_god_realize-your-true-nature-that-is-all-the_431486.jpg) > [Man in his true nature is substance, soul, spirit.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/man-in-his-true-nature-is-substance-soul-spirit/) [Swami Vivekananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/swami-vivekananda/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2cc/swami-vivekananda-53_human-beings_man-in-his-true-nature-is-substance-soul_1149044.jpg) > [“All these small ideas that I am a man or a woman, Sick or healthy, strong or weak Or that I hate…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/all-these-small-ideas-that-i-am-a-man-or-a-woman-sick-or-healthy/) [Swami Vivekananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/swami-vivekananda/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/956/swami-vivekananda-53_life_all-these-small-ideas-that-i-am-a-man-or_1255947.jpg) > [This little separate self must die. Then we shall find that we are in the Real, and that Real is God, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/this-little-separate-self-must-die-then-we-shall-find-that-we-are-in/) [Swami Vivekananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/swami-vivekananda/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e8a/swami-vivekananda-53_dies_this-little-separate-self-must-die-then_2579962.jpg) > [After every happiness comes misery; they may be far apart or near. The more advanced the soul, the more quickly does one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/after-every-happiness-comes-misery-they-may-be-far-apart-or-near-the/) [Swami Vivekananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/swami-vivekananda/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ea8/swami-vivekananda-53_atman_after-every-happiness-comes-misery-they_3220029.jpg) ## Other authors on True nature - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b008/author-eckhart-tolle-31242.jpg) Eckhart Tolle 8 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/true-nature/eckhart-tolle/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b022/author-sogyal-rinpoche-86038.jpg) Sogyal Rinpoche 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/true-nature/sogyal-rinpoche/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b020/author-ramana-maharshi-77157.jpg) Ramana Maharshi 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/true-nature/ramana-maharshi/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b005/author-b-b-king-1507543-16033.jpg) Joseph P. Kauffman 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/true-nature/joseph-p-kauffman/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b012/author-jack-kornfield-45453.jpg) Jack Kornfield 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/true-nature/jack-kornfield/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b011/author-ilchi-lee-43191.jpg) Ilchi Lee 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/true-nature/ilchi-lee/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b003/author-adyashanti-9662.jpg) Adyashanti 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/true-nature/adyashanti/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b022/author-shunryu-suzuki-85213.jpg) Shunryu Suzuki 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/true-nature/shunryu-suzuki/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b019/author-paramahansa-yogananda-73280.jpg) Paramahansa Yogananda 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/true-nature/paramahansa-yogananda/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b014/author-julia-cameron-54149.jpg) Julia Cameron 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/true-nature/julia-cameron/) ## More by Swami Vivekananda > [Every action that helps us manifest our divine nature more and more is good; every action that retards it is evil.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/every-action-that-helps-us-manifest-our-divine-nature-more-and-more/) [Swami Vivekananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/swami-vivekananda/) > [Holiness sincerity, and faith.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/holiness-sincerity-and-faith/) [Swami Vivekananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/swami-vivekananda/) > [The Hindus have a peculiar slovenliness in business matters, not being sufficiently methodical and strict in keeping accounts etc.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/the-hindus-have-a-peculiar-slovenliness-in-business-matters-not-being/) [Swami Vivekananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/swami-vivekananda/) > [Renunciation is in our blood.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/renunciation-is-in-our-blood/) [Swami Vivekananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/swami-vivekananda/) > [Let positive, strong, helpful thoughts enter into your brains from very childhood. Lay yourselves open to these thoughts, and not to weakening and paralysing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/let-positive-strong-helpful-thoughts-enter-into-your-brains-from-very/) [Swami Vivekananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/swami-vivekananda/) > [Where can we go to find God if we cannot see Him in our own hearts and in every living being.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/where-can-we-go-to-find-god-if-we-cannot-see-him-in-our-own-hearts/) [Swami Vivekananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/swami-vivekananda/) > [It is the free alone which never changes, and the unchangeable alone which is free; for change is produced by something exterior to a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/it-is-the-free-alone-which-never-changes-and-the-unchangeable-alone/) [Swami Vivekananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/swami-vivekananda/) > [Above all, India is the land of religion.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/above-all-india-is-the-land-of-religion/) [Swami Vivekananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/swami-vivekananda/) > [The awakening of the soul to its bondage and its effort to stand up and assert itself - this is called life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/the-awakening-of-the-soul-to-its-bondage-and-its-effort-to-stand-up/) [Swami Vivekananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/swami-vivekananda/) > [It is the Prana that is manifesting as motion.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/it-is-the-prana-that-is-manifesting-as-motion/) [Swami Vivekananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/swami-vivekananda/) > [Though an atom is invisible, unthinkable, yet in it are the whole power and potency of the universe.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/though-an-atom-is-invisible-unthinkable-yet-in-it-are-the-whole-power/) [Swami Vivekananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/swami-vivekananda/) > [Nothing can be produced without a cause, and the effect is but the cause reproduced.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/nothing-can-be-produced-without-a-cause-and-the-effect-is-but-the/) [Swami Vivekananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/swami-vivekananda/) > [All the strength and succour you want is within yourselves. Therefore make your own future. "Let the dead past bury its dead." The infinite…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/all-the-strength-and-succour-you-want-is-within-yourselves-therefore/) [Swami Vivekananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/swami-vivekananda/) > [Be brave! Be strong! Be fearless! Once you have taken up the spiritual life, fight as long as there is any life in you.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/be-brave-be-strong-be-fearless-once-you-have-taken-up-the-spiritual/) [Swami Vivekananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/swami-vivekananda/) > [“there is a continuity of mind, as the Yogis call it. The mind is universal. Your mind, my mind, all these little minds, are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/there-is-a-continuity-of-mind-as-the-yogis-call-it-the-mind-is/) [Swami Vivekananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/swami-vivekananda/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/true-nature/swami-vivekananda/#itemlist", "name": "6 True nature Quotes By Swami Vivekananda", "numberOfItems": 6, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Our Soul is a spark of the Divine. It is pure and perfect. Evil deeds merely obstruct our vision of the true nature of our Soul. 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