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First Quotes by Swami Vivekananda
- "Seek ye first the kingdom of God and all good things will be added unto you." Follow God and you shall have whatever you desire.
- No civilisation can grow unless fanatics, bloodshed, and brutality stop. No civilisation can begin to lift up its head until we look charitably upon one…
- First, meditation should be of a negative nature. Think away everything. Analyse everything that comes in the mind by the sheer action of the will.…
- The present Hindu society is organised only for spiritual men, and hopelessly crushes out everybody else. Why? Where shall they go who want to enjoy…
- Infinite power of the spirit, brought to bear upon matter evolves material development, made to act upon thought evolves intellectuality, and made to act upon…
- Have faith in man, whether he appears to you to be a very learned one or a most ignorant one. Have faith in man, whether…
- I remember that grand word of the Katha Upanishad - Shraddhâ or marvellous faith. An instance of Shraddha can be found in the life of…
- Let people say whatever they like, stick to your own convictions, and rest assured, the world will be at your feet. They say, "Have faith…
- The Vedanta teaches men to have faith in themselves first.
- Do not figure out big plans at first, but, begin slowly, feel your ground and proceed up and up.
- Our first duty is not to hate ourselves, because to advance we must have faith in ourselves first and then in God. Those who have…
- The Indian mind is first religious, then anything else. So this is to be strengthened.
- Man is guided by the stomach. He walks and the stomach goes first and the head afterwards. Have you not seen that? It will take…
- 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…
- First, believe in the world-that there is meaning behind everything.
- This is the first lesson to learn: be determined not to curse anything outside, not to lay the blame upon anyone outside, but stand up,…
- This is a world of good and evil. Wherever there is good, evil follows, but beyond and behind all these manifestations, all these contradictions, the…
- To many, Indian thought, Indian manners; Indian customs, Indian philosophy, Indian literature are repulsive at the first sight; but let them persevere, let them read,…
- We first observe facts, then generalise, and then draw conclusions or principles.
- It is too often believed that a person in his progress towards perfection passes from error to truth; that when he passes on from one…
- It will not do merely to listen to great principles. You must apply them in the practical field, turn them into constant practice. What will…
- Throw aside your scriptures in the Ganga and teach the people first the means of procuring their food and clothing, and then you will find…
- As to the so-called Hindu idolatry - first go and learn the forms they are going through, and where it is that the worshippers are…
- Know for certain that there is no power in the universe to injure us unless we first injure ourselves.
- It is practice first, and knowledge afterwards.
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