All Swami Vivekananda Quotes
- Too early religious advancement of the Hindus and that superfineness in everything which made them cling to higher alternatives, have reduced them to what they… Advancement
- Hindus believe Buddha to be an Avatara. Believe
- Hindus believe in God positively. Buddhism does not try to know whether He is or not. Believe
- Present-day Hinduism and Buddhism were growths from the same branch. Buddhism degenerated, and Shankara lopped it off! Branch
- Modern Hinduism, modern Jainism, and Buddhism branched off at the same time. For some period, each seemed to have wanted to outdo the others in… Branched
- The fault with all religions like Christianity is that they have one set of rules for all. But Hindu religion is suited to all grades… Adopt
- Individuality in universality is the plan of creation. Each cell has its part in bringing about consciousness. Man is individual and at the same time… Bringing
- A man ought to live in this world like a lotus leaf, which grows in water but is never moistened by water; so a man… God
- Hindu religion does not consist in struggles and attempts to believe a certain doctrine or dogma, but in realizing not in believing, but in being… Attempts
- It is good to love God for hope of reward, but it is better to love God for love's sake; and the prayer goes: O… Better
- You cannot teach a child any more than you can grow a plant. All you can do is on the negative side - you can… All
- That which is selfish is immoral, and that which is unselfish is moral. Generosity
- A perfect life is a contradiction in terms. Life itself is a state of continuous struggle between ourselves and everything outside. Every moment we are… Air
- All perfection is there already in the soul. But this perfection has been covered up by nature; layer after layer of nature is covering this… All
- All progress and power are already in every man; perfection is man's nature, only it is barred in and prevented from taking its proper course. All
- All these practices and struggles to become religious are only negative work, to take off the bars, and open the doors to that perfection which… All
- Consciously or unconsciously, we are all striving for perfection. Every being must attain to it. All
- Every individual has in himself perfection. It lies within the dark recesses of his physical being. Dark
- Every soul is destined to be perfect, and every being, in the end, will attain the state of perfection. Attain
- I am really not "cyclonic" at all. Far from it. What I want is not here, nor can I longer bear this "cyclonic" atmosphere. This… All
- If a thing happens once, it can happen again. If any human being has ever realised perfection, we too can do so. If we cannot… Any
- Infinite perfection is in every man, though unmanifested. Every man has in him the potentiality of attaining to perfect saintliness, Rishihood, or to the most… Attaining
- It is nature that is driving us towards perfection, and eventually she will bring everyone there. Bring
- Let us realise [that] we are the infinite power. Who put a limit to the power of mind? Let us realise we are all mind.… All
- Morality is the struggle of the bound will to get free and is the proof that we have come from perfection. . . . Bound