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When the body is still healthy and diseaseless, When old age has not yet attacked it — Swami Vivekananda

Manushya (man) is a being with Manas (mind); and as soon as his thinking power goes, he becomes no better than an animal. — Swami Vivekananda

All forms are transitory, that is why all religions say, "God has no form". — Swami Vivekananda

Perfection is always infinite. We are the Infinite already.You and I, and all beings, are trying to manifest that infinity. — Swami Vivekananda

Never lose faith in yourself; you can do anything in the universe. — Swami Vivekananda

Oh, if only you knew yourselves! You are souls; you are Gods. If ever I feel like blaspheming, it is when I call you man. — Swami Vivekananda

Christ, being man, had to see impurity and denounced it; but God, infinitely higher, does not see iniquity and cannot be angry. — Swami Vivekananda

It is the hero alone, not the coward, who has liberation within his easy reach. — Swami Vivekananda

As soon as extreme attachment comes, a man loses himself, he is no more master of himself, he is a slave. — Swami Vivekananda

If you are really my children, you will fear nothing, stop at nothing. You will be like lions. We must rouse India and the whole world. No cowardice. — Swami Vivekananda

Whatever had form or shape must be limited, and could not be eternal. — Swami Vivekananda

Consciously or unconsciously, we are all striving for perfection. Every being must attain to it. — Swami Vivekananda

Pay no attention whatsoever to newspaper nonsense or criticism. Be sincere and do your duty. Everything will come all right. Truth must triumph. — Swami Vivekananda

Materialism prevails in Europe today. You may pray for the salvation of the modern sceptics, but they do not yield, they want reason. — Swami Vivekananda

give a mental assent to the customs of their forefathers, — Swami Vivekananda

Body is the name of a stream of matter continuously changing. — Swami Vivekananda

We are like the caterpillar which takes the thread out of his own body and of that makes the cocoon, and behold, he is caught. — Swami Vivekananda

Learn to recognise the mother in Evil, Terror, Sorrow, Denial, as well as in Sweetness and in Joy. — Swami Vivekananda

The Indian mythology has a theory of cycles, that all progression is in the form of waves. — Swami Vivekananda

And has found that the world, and the gods, and heaven are ... within his own Self. — Swami Vivekananda

A Brahmin is not so much in need of education as a Chandala. If the son of a Brahmin needs one teacher, that of a Chandala needs ten. — Swami Vivekananda

Everything that you do under compulsion goes to build up attachment. — Swami Vivekananda

The Absolute God of the universe, the creator, preserver, and destroyer of the universe, is impersonal principle. — Swami Vivekananda

The greatest sin is to think yourself weak — Swami Vivekananda

Whatever others think or do, lower not your standard of purity, morality and love of God. — Swami Vivekananda

Change can only be in the limited. — Swami Vivekananda

Talk to yourself at least once in a Day, otherwise you may miss a meeting with an EXCELLENT person in this World. — Swami Vivekananda

Renunciation is the very basis upon which ethics stands. There never was an ethical code preached which had not renunciation for its basis. — Swami Vivekananda

Be grateful that the poor man is there, so that by making a gift to him you are able to help yourself — Swami Vivekananda

We are bound to earth by desire and also to God, heaven, and the angels. A slave is a slave whether to man, to God, or to angels. — Swami Vivekananda

The Absolute can never be thought of. — Swami Vivekananda

Perfection can never be attained by work. — Swami Vivekananda

Everything is substance plus name and form. Name and form come and go, but substance remains ever the same. — Swami Vivekananda

The law of Karma is the law of causation. — Swami Vivekananda

Yes, the words of the Mother can be heard as clearly as we hear one another. But one requires a fine nerve to hear Mother's words. — Swami Vivekananda

Misery is caused by ignorance and nothing else. — Swami Vivekananda

Imagination is the door to inspiration and the basis of all thought. — Swami Vivekananda

Comfort is no test of truth. Truth is often far from being comfortable. — Swami Vivekananda

Awake, awake, great ones! The world is burning with misery. Can you sleep? — Swami Vivekananda

The powers of the mind are like the rays of the sun when they are concentrated they illumine. — Swami Vivekananda

When he has become perfectly satisfied, he has no more cravings — Swami Vivekananda

It is a constant change. Not one body is constant. — Swami Vivekananda

The test of Ahimsa is absence of jealousy. — Swami Vivekananda

BY the study of different RELIGIONS we find that in essence they are one. — Swami Vivekananda

Man is the epitome of all things and all knowledge is in him. — Swami Vivekananda

Give up bondage; become a son, be free, and then you can "see the Father", as did Jesus. — Swami Vivekananda

I have come to this conclusion that there is only one country in the world which understands religion - it is India. — Swami Vivekananda

It will be a great pity if any feeling of jealousy or egotism gain ground amongst you. — Swami Vivekananda

To make a great future India, the whole secret lies in organization, accumulation of power, co-ordination of wills. — Swami Vivekananda

Marriage is an institution very safely guarded. — Swami Vivekananda

The road to salvation is through truth. — Swami Vivekananda

My Faith is in the Younger Generation, the Modern Generation, out of them will come my workers. They will work out the whole problem, like Lions. — Swami Vivekananda

According to the Hindu way of thinking, marriage is rather a duty than a privilege. — Swami Vivekananda

The Vedanta teaches men to have faith in themselves first. — Swami Vivekananda

Egotism, pride, etc. must be given up. — Swami Vivekananda

Let us worship the spirit in spirit, standing on spirit. Let the foundation be spirit, the middle spirit, the culmination spirit. — Swami Vivekananda

Know full well that patience is the best means of succeeds. — Swami Vivekananda

The body is mortal and the mind is mortal; both, being compounds, must die. — Swami Vivekananda

Something cannot be made out of nothing. Nor can something be made to go back to nothing. — Swami Vivekananda

What is salvation? To live with God. Where? Anywhere. Here this moment. One moment in infinite time is quite as good as any other moment. — Swami Vivekananda

The glory of man is that he is a thinking being. It is the nature of man to think and therein he differs from animals — Swami Vivekananda

There cannot be friendship without equality. — Swami Vivekananda

The world is the great gymnasium where we come to make ourselves strong. — Swami Vivekananda

When a man is perfect, he sees perfection in others. When he sees imperfection, it is his own mind projecting itself. — Swami Vivekananda

Know for certain that there is no power in the universe to injure us unless we first injure ourselves. — Swami Vivekananda

We know how often in our lives through laziness and cowardice we give up the battle and try to hypnotise our minds into the belief that we are brave. — Swami Vivekananda

Learn Everything that is Good from Others, but bring it in, and in your own way absorb it; do not become others. — Swami Vivekananda

ARISE, AWAKE AND STOP NOT TILL THE GOAL IS REACHED — Swami Vivekananda

Beleive in yourself and the world will be at your feet — Swami Vivekananda

Whatsoever has form must be the result of combinations of particles and requires something else behind it to move it. — Swami Vivekananda

[The seers call him wise] whose every attempt is free, without any desire for gain, without any selfishness. — Swami Vivekananda

Self-love is the first teacher of self-renunciation. — Swami Vivekananda

The perfect man sees nothing but God. — Swami Vivekananda

The present is determined by our past actions, and the future by the present. — Swami Vivekananda

Hindus believe in God positively. Buddhism does not try to know whether He is or not. — Swami Vivekananda

The Absolute cannot be worshipped, so we must worship a manifestation. — Swami Vivekananda

MIND is not a dustbin to keep anger, hatred and jealousy. But it is the treasure box to keep, love happiness and sweet memories. — Swami Vivekananda

This life is a hard fact; work your way through it boldly, though it may be adamantine; no matter, the soul is stronger. — Swami Vivekananda

Now is wanted intense Karma-Yoga with unbounded courage and indomitable strength in the heart. Then only will the people of the country be roused. — Swami Vivekananda

There is nothing holier in the world than to keep good company, because the good impressions will then tend to come to the surface. — Swami Vivekananda

He who struggles is better than he who never attempts. — Swami Vivekananda

The earth is enjoyed by heroes — Swami Vivekananda

The secret of image - worship is that you are trying to develop your vision of Divinity in one thing. — Swami Vivekananda

Pray all the time, read all the scriptures in the world, and worship all the gods there are ... but unless you realize the Truth, there is no freedom. — Swami Vivekananda

[Krishna answers:] The man who has given up all desires, who desires nothing, not even this life, nor freedom, nor gods, nor work, nor anything. — Swami Vivekananda

Fill the brain with high thoughts, highest ideals, place them day and night before you, and out of that will come great work. — Swami Vivekananda

Blows are what awaken us & help to break the dream. They show us the insufficiency of this world & make us long to escape, to have freedom. — Swami Vivekananda

Attachment comes only where we expect a return. — Swami Vivekananda

The sky never changes: it is the cloud that is changing. — Swami Vivekananda

Where can we go to find God if we cannot see Him in our own hearts and in every living being. — Swami Vivekananda

We are all born cowards. — Swami Vivekananda

It is the Prana that is manifesting as motion. — Swami Vivekananda

Arise,awake and donot stop until the goal is reached. — Swami Vivekananda

Too much faith in personality has a tendency to produce weakness and idolatry, but intense love for the Guru makes rapid growth possible. — Swami Vivekananda

There is nothing beyond God, and the sense enjoyments are simply something through which we are passing now in the hope of getting better things. — Swami Vivekananda

This body is a combination. It is only a fiction to say that I have one body, you another, and the sun another. — Swami Vivekananda

The natural state of this universe is attraction; and that is surely followed by an ultimate disunion. — Swami Vivekananda

Every wave of passion restrained is a balance in your favor. It is therefore good policy not to return anger for anger, as with all true morality. — Swami Vivekananda

God is to be worshipped as the one beloved, dearer than everything in this and next life. — Swami Vivekananda

Despondency is not religion, whatever else it may be. — Swami Vivekananda