All Swami Vivekananda Quotes
- The forms are evanescent; but the spirit, being in the Lord and of the Lord, is immortal and omnipresent. Evanescent
- The forms have value only so far as they are expressions of the life within. If they have ceased to express life, crush them out… Ceased
- The Indian idea is that the soul is formless. Whatever is form must break some time or other. Break
- The soul ... is nameless because it is formless. It will neither go to heaven nor [to hell] any more than it will enter this… Any
- The whole universe is composed of name and form. Whatever we see is either a compound of name and form, or simply name with form… Composed
- There cannot be any form unless it is the result of force and matter; and all combinations must dissolve. All
- This is the work of Nâma-Rupa - name and form. Everything that has form, everything that calls up an idea in your mind, is within… Bound
- We have none of us seen a form which had not a beginning and will not have an end. Beginning
- Whatever had form or shape must be limited, and could not be eternal. Eternal
- Whatsoever has form must be the result of combinations of particles and requires something else behind it to move it. Behind
- When we free ourselves from name and form, especially from a body - when we need no body, good or bad - then only do… Bad
- All these ideas such as astrology, although there may be a grain of truth in them, should be avoided. All
- Every Hindu knows that astrologers try to fix the caste of every boy or girl as soon as he or she is born. That is… Any
- Excessive attention to the minutiae of astrology is one of the superstitions which has hurt the Hindus very much. Astrology
- I have seen some astrologers who predicted wonderful things; but I have no reason to believe they predicted them only from the stars, or anything… Arrant
- I think the Greeks first took astrology to India and took from the Hindus the science of astronomy and carried it back with them from… According
- Man has wanted to look beyond, wanted to expand himself; and all that we call progress, evolution, has been always measured by that one search,… All
- No study has taken so much of human energy, whether in times past or present, as the study of the soul, of God, and of… Astrology
- The present is determined by our past actions, and the future by the present. Action
- The Vedas give information on various subjects. They have come together and form one book. And in later times, when other subjects were separated from… Ancient
- What is meant by cause? Cause is the fine state of the manifested state. Cause
- All is bound by the law of causation All
- All law has its essence in causation. All
- As the cause is, so the effect will be Cause is never different from effect, the effect is but the cause reproduced in another form. Another Form
- Everything, both mental and physical, is rigidly bound by the law of causation. Both