All Swami Vivekananda Quotes
- Some may be helped by images, some may not. Some require an image outside, others one inside the brain. Brain
- The idol is the expression of religion. Expression
- The secret of image - worship is that you are trying to develop your vision of Divinity in one thing. Develop
- The test of having ceased to be an idolater is: "When you say 'I', does the body come into your thought or not? If it… Body
- The world has not gone one step beyond idolatry yet. Beyond
- This external worship of images has, however, been described in all our Shastras as the lowest of all the low forms of worship. But that… All
- Those reformers who preach against image-worship, or what they denounce as idolatry - to them I say "Brothers, if you are fit to worship God-without-form… All
- Too much faith in personality has a tendency to produce weakness and idolatry, but intense love for the Guru makes rapid growth possible. Faith
- We are all born idolaters, and idolatry is good, because it is in the nature of man. Who can get beyond it? Only the perfect… All
- We may worship a picture as God, but not God as the picture. God in the picture is right, but the picture as God is… Danger
- Worship of society and popular opinion is idolatry. Idol Worship
- Man stands in materialism; you and I are materialists. Our talking about God and Spirit is good; but it is simply the vogue in our… God
- Charity is great, but the moment you say it is all, you run the risk of running into materialism. All
- Chârvâkas, a very ancient sect in India, were rank materialists. Ancient
- For a time it seemed inevitable that the surging tide of agnosticism and materialism would sweep all before it. There were those who did not… Agnosticism
- If there be no eternal life, still the enjoyment of spiritual thoughts as ideals is keener and makes a man happier, whilst the foolery of… Ambition
- I am not talking about what every one of us means by love. Little namby-pamby love is lovely. Man rails in love with woman, and… All
- Let there be as little materialism as possible, with the maximum of spirituality. Let
- Life is called Samsara - it is the result of the conflicting forces acting upon us. Materialism says, "The voice of freedom is a delusion."… Absolute
- Man stands in materialism; you and I are materialists. Our talking about God and Spirit is good; but it is simply the vogue in our… Become Real
- Materialism and all its miseries can never be conquered by materialism. All
- Materialism has come to the rescue of India in a certain sense by throwing open the doors of life to everyone, by destroying the exclusive… Allow
- Materialism prevails in Europe today. You may pray for the salvation of the modern sceptics, but they do not yield, they want reason. Europe
- Neither idealists nor materialists are right; we must take both idea and expression. Both
- Everything is ended if you forgive and forget. Ended