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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
Two things control man's character; Strength and Pity
— Swami Vivekananda
Man's experience in the world is to enable him to get out of its whirlpool.
— 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
It is the hero alone, not the coward, who has liberation within his easy reach.
— Swami Vivekananda
Business is business, no child's play.
— Swami Vivekananda
By all means make a start - even if it's for the wrong reason.
— Swami Vivekananda
The seeker's silence is the loudest form of prayer.
— 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
Man's free agency is not of the mind, for that is bound. There is no freedom there.
— 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
Never even attempt to disturb anyone's tendencies.
— Swami Vivekananda
you should work like a master and not as a slave; work incessantly, but do not do slave's work.
— Swami Vivekananda
Real love is love for love's sake. I do not ask health or money or life or salvation.
— Swami Vivekananda
Had I lived in Palestine, in the days of Jesus of Nazareth, I would have washed his feet, not with my tears, but with my heart's blood!
— 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
And has found that the world, and the gods, and heaven are ... within his own Self.
— Swami Vivekananda
Change can only be in the limited.
— 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
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
Losing faith in one's self means losing faith in God.
— 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
As all the rivers of the world constantly pour their waters into the ocean, but the ocean's grand, majestic nature remains undisturbed and unchanged,
— Swami Vivekananda
It's the coward who says, 'This is fate' ... It's the strong who stands up & says 'I will make my fate'
— Swami Vivekananda
This is the central idea of the Gita- to be calm and steadfast in all circumstances, with one's body, mind, and soul centered at His hallowed feet!
— Swami Vivekananda
The very reason for nature's existence is for the education of the soul.
— Swami Vivekananda
Each nation has a theme: everything else is secondary. India's theme is religion.
— Swami Vivekananda
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.
— Swami Vivekananda
It is a good discipline to be forced to work for work's sake, even to the length of not being allowed to enjoy the fruits of one's labour ...
— Swami Vivekananda
Do you share my belief in Swami Vivekananda's dream that India will be a Jagad Guru once again? I see no reason for India to be left behind.
— Narendra Modi
Religion in India must be made as free and as easy of access as is God's air.
— Swami Vivekananda
Thought ceases in meditation; even the mind's elements are quite quiet. Blood circulation stops. His breath stops, but he is not dead.
— Swami Vivekananda
Free thyself from the mighty attraction-The maddening wine of love, the charm of sex.
Break the harp! Forward, with the ocean's cry! ... — Swami Vivekananda
It is not God's fault. It is our fault that we suffer. Whatever we sow we reap.
— Swami Vivekananda
He works for work's sake. Work for work's sake. Worship for worship's sake.
— Swami Vivekananda
I pity the Hindu who does not see the beauty in Jesus Christ's character. I pity the Christian who does not reverence the Hindu Christ.
— Swami Vivekananda
It is only by doing good to others that one attains to one's own good
— Swami Vivekananda
Language is the chief means and index of a nation's progress.
— Swami Vivekananda
Whom anger chains, can ever pass thro' Maya's gates.
— Swami Vivekananda
Christ's public life extended only over eighteen months, and for this he had silently been preparing himself for thirty - two years.
— Swami Vivekananda
The road to salvation is through truth.
— Swami Vivekananda
All truth is eternal. Truth is nobody's property; no race, no individual can lay any exclusive claim to it. Truth is the nature of all souls.
— Swami Vivekananda
Don't give any chance for others to stole your smile.Because,it's the most valuable asset than anything in your life!
— Swami Vivekananda
There is a conflict in Arjuna's heart between his emotionalism and his duty.
— 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
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[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
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[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