Indian Hindu monk
Without birth or death, eternal, ever-existing, free, unchangeable and beyond all conditions is this Soul of man – the real Self of Man – the Atman. – Swami Vivekananda
Have faith in yourselves, great convictions are the mothers of great deeds. – Swami Vivekananda
We must approach religion with reverence and with love, and our heart will stand up and say, this is truth, and this is untruth. – Swami Vivekananda
There will never be a perfectly good or bad world, because the very idea is a contradiction in terms. – Swami Vivekananda
If you think yourselves strong, strong you will be. – Swami Vivekananda
That which is selfish is immoral, and that which is unselfish is moral. – Swami Vivekananda
When you are doing any work.. do it as worship, as he highest worship, and devote your whole life to it for the time being. – Swami Vivekananda
Learn everything that is good from others, but bring it in, and in your own way adsorb it; do not become others. – Swami Vivekananda
Was there ever a more horrible blasphemy than the statement that all the knowledge of God is confined to this or that book? How dare men call God infinite, and yet try to compress Him within the covers of a little book! – Swami Vivekananda
Marriage is not for individual happiness, but for the welfare of the nation and the caste. – Swami Vivekananda
We reap what we sow. We are the makers of our own fate. The wind is blowing; those vessels whose sails are unfurled catch it, and go forward on their way, but those which have their sails furled do not catch the wind. Is that the fault of the wind?… We make our own destiny – Swami Vivekananda
The great secret of true success, of true happiness, is this: the man or woman who asks for no return, the perfectly unselfish person, is the most successful. – Swami Vivekananda
Persevere on, my brave lads. We have only just begun. Never despond! Never say enough! – Swami Vivekananda
Whatever you believe, that you will be, If you believe yourselves to be ages, ages you will be tomorrow. There is nothing to obstruct you. – Swami Vivekananda
The fire that warms us can also consume us; it is not the fault of the fire. – Swami Vivekananda
The awakening of the soul to its bondage and its effort to stand up and assert itself – this is called life. – Swami Vivekananda
Be not Afraid of anything. You will do Marvelous work. it is Fearlessness that brings Heaven even in a moment. – Swami Vivekananda
Spirituality is the science of the Soul. – Swami Vivekananda
Charity is great, but the moment you say it is all, you run the risk of running into materialism. – Swami Vivekananda
All differences in this world are of degree, and not of kind, because oneness is the secret of everything. – Swami Vivekananda
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