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swami vivekananda quotes
Swami Vivekananda was born in Calcutta on 12 January 1863. His original name was Narendranath Datta. He was a social reformer, philosopher and great thinker. He is known to be the greatest spiritual person in India. He was called an Indian Monk. He was the greatest follower of his guru Ramakrishna. He died young at the age of 39. Every year on 12 January, India celebrates National Youth Day or Rastriya Yuva Divas to commemorate the birth Anniversary of scholar Swami Vivekananda ji. Click to read the biography of Swami Vivekananda
Famous Motivational Swami Vivekananda Quotes -:
~ “They alone live, who live for others.”
~ “There is salvation only for the brave.”
~ “There is only one sin. That is weakness.”
~ “Perfection comes through selfless work.”
~ “In one word, this ideal is that you are divine.”
~ “Pure love has no motive. It has nothing to gain.”
~ “You cannot believe in God until you believe in yourself.”
~ “Ignorance is the mother of all evil and all the misery we see.”
~ “Religion is the manifestation of the Divinity already in man.”
~ “You cannot be a mute witness to atrocity & claim to worship.”
~ “When I asked god for peace, he showed me how to help others.”
~ “In a conflict between the heart and the brain, follow your heart.”
~ “Education is the manifestation of the perfection already in man.”
~ “All powers are within you. You can do anything and everything.”
~ “Knowledge is nothing but finding unity in the midst of diversity.”
~ “Desire, Ignorance and Inequality — this is the trinity of bondage.”
~ “No one can get anything unless he earns it. This is an eternal law.”
~ “Comfort is no test of truth. Truth is often far from being comfortable.”
~ “Blessed are those whose bodies get destroyed in the service of others.”
~ “It is a culture that withstands shocks, not a simple mass of knowledge.”
~ “Truth can be stated in a thousand different ways. yet each one can be true.”
~ “Take Risks in Your Life If you Win, U Can Lead. If u Lose, you Can Guide.”
~ “The world is the great gymnasium where we come to make ourselves strong.”
~ “So long as you have faith and honesty and devotion, everything will prosper.”
~ “As desire increases, so increases the power of pleasure, so the power of pain.”
~ “The best thermometer to the progress of a nation is its treatment of its women.”
~ “The greatest religion is to be true to your own nature. Have faith in yourselves.”
~ “Think for yourself. No blind belief can save you, work out your own Salvation.”
Swami Vivekananda Thoughts In English-:
~ “Stand as a rock; you are indestructible. You are the Self, the God of the universe.”
~ “The history of the world is the history of a few men who had faith in themselves.”
~ “We want the education by which character is formed, strength of mind is increased.”
~ “YOU know, I may have to be born again, you see, I have fallen in love with mankind.”
~ “People laugh at me because I am different. I laugh at people cause the are all the same.”
~ “Anything that makes weak – physically, intellectually and spiritually, reject it as poison.”
~ “The end of all religions is the realising of God in the soul. That is one universal religion.”
~ “GOD is to be worshipped as the one beloved, dearer than everything in this and next life.”
~ “Purity, Patience and Perseverance are the three essentials to success, and above all :- Love.”
~ “It is a tremendous error to feel helpless. If we cannot help ourselves, there is none to help us.”
~ “I love myself despite my infinite faults, how can I hate anyone at the glimpse of a few faults.”
~ “Choose the highest ideal and live your life up to that. Look at the ocean and not at the waves.”
~ “The powers of the mind are like the rays of the sun when they are concentrated they illumine.”
~ “The whole world is full of God and not of sin, let us help one another, let us love one another.”
~ “All the strength and succour you want is within yourselves. Therefore, make your own future.”
~ “Do not figure out big plans at first, but begin slowly, feel your ground and proceed up and up.”
~ “Do not be a fool. Do not simply believe what others say, unless you yourself know it to be true.”
~ “An organisation that will teach the Hindus mutual help and appreciation is absolutely necessary.”
~ “Where can we go to find God if we cannot see Him in our own hearts and in every living being.”
~ “Do one thing at a Time, and while doing it put your whole Soul into it to the exclusion of all else.”
~ “Strength…Strength…Strength…Say that to yourself day and night, you are strong, pure and free.”
~ “A man should not be judged by the nature of his duties, but by the manner in which he does them.”
~ “Arise, awake, for your country needs this tremendous sacrifice. It is the young men that will do it.”
~ “It’s the coward who says, ‘This is fate’… It’s the strong who stands up & says I will make my fate.”
~ “There are thousands of microbes surrounding us, but they cannot harm us unless we become weak.”
~ “Supreme value of youth period is incalculable & indescribable. Youth life is the most precious life.”
~ “Knowledge can only be obtained in one way, the way of experience; there is no other way to know.”
~ “Freedom is only possible to the being who is beyond all conditions. all bondages of cause & effect.”
~ “We have to teach other nations many things. Ours is the motherland of ethics, of gentleness, & love.”
~ “Be the servant while leading, be unselfish, and never listen to one friend in private accusing another.”
Inspiring Thoughts Swami Vivekananda -:
~ “The more we grow in Love, Virtue and Holiness, the more we see Love, Virtue and Holiness outside.”
~ “We do not or cannot see the painful parts in objects, we are charmed with only the pleasurable portion.”
~ “If the mind is intensely eager, everything can be accomplished. mountains can be crumbled into atoms.”
~ “All differences in this world are of degree, and not of kind, because oneness is the secret of everything.”
~ “The only condition of awakened & vigorous national life is the conquest of the world by Indian thought.”
~ “We reap what we sow. We are the makers of our own fate. None else has the blame, none has the praise.”
~ “Truth does not pay homage to any society, ancient or modern. Society has to pay homage to Truth or die.”
~ “Do you love your country ? Then come, let’s struggle for higher & better things; Look not back, forward!”
~ “When an idea exclusively occupies the mind, then it is transformed into an actual physical or mental state.”
~ “By doing well the duty which is nearest to us, the duty which is in our hands, we make ourselves stronger.”
~ “Strength is Life, Weakness is Death. Expansion is Life, Contraction is Death. Love is Life, Hatred is Death.”
~ “Education is the manifestation of the perfection already in man inspires many to achieve their full potential.”
~ “The more we come out and do good to others, the more our hearts will be purified, and God will be in them.”
~ “Society needs both men and women to function, develop and progress. A bird cannot fly with only one wing.”
~ “You are the soul, free and eternal, ever free, ever blessed. Have faith enough and you will be free in a minute.”
~ “In a day, when you don’t come across any problems – you can be sure that you are travelling in a wrong path.”
~ “Every action that helps us manifest our divine nature more and more is good; every action that retards it is evil.”
~ “Have a tremendous faith in yourselves, like the faith I had when I was a child, and which I am working out now.”
~ “History of saints or their sainthood may impress us but inspiration to further their spiritual agenda has to be within.”
~ “Kindness and love can buy you the whole world. But Lectures and books and philosophy all stand lower than these.”
~ “The essence of Vedanta is that there is but one Being and that every soul is that Being in full, not a part of that Being.”
~ “In spite of 100’s of years of persecution, 1000’s of years of foreign rule and oppression, this nation Bharat, still lives on.”
~ “Mother is the centre of the family & our highest ideal. She’s representative of God, as God is the mother of the universe.”
Famous Quotes Of Swami Vivekananda In English -:
~ “Fear is death, fear is sin, fear is hell, fear is unrighteousness, fear is wrong life. Always say “I have no Fear” Be Fearless.”
~ “So long as there is desire or want, it is a sure sign that there is imperfection. A perfect, free being cannot have any desire.”
~ “Whatever you think that you will be. If you think yourself weak, weak you will be. If you think yourself strong, you will be.”
~ “All knowledge that the world has ever received comes from the mind; the infinite library of the universe is in our own mind.”
~ “The plight of our nation and the world is not due to the bad people, but due to the good people who do nothing but complain.”
~ “Birth, life and death are but old superstitions. None was ever born, none will ever die; one changes one’s position- that is all.”
~ “Ask nothing; want nothing in return. Give what you have to give; then it will come back to you, but do not think of that now.”
~ “Have that faith, each one of you, in yourself that eternal power is lodged in every soul and you will revive the whole of India.”
~ “All the powers in the universe are already ours. It is we who have put our hands before our eyes and cry that it is dark.”
~ “We are what our thoughts have made us. so take care about what you think. Words are secondary. Thoughts live. they travel far.”
~ “MIND is not a dustbin to keep anger, hatred and jealousy. But it is the treasure box to keep love, happiness and sweet memories.”
~ “Share your pledges and actions you are taking to transform Bharat. Together we can take Bharat backup to the pinnacle of glory.”
~ “Don’t look back – forward, infinite energy, enthusiasm, daring and infinite patience – then alone can great deeds be accomplished.”
~ “It is a truth that if there is real worth in you, the more circumstances are against you, the more will that inner power manifest itself.”
~ “An idol is a symbol. It is not literally worshipped. Every devotee has his own way of realising God. It depends on individual ability.”
~ “Books are infinite in number and time is short. The secret of knowledge is to take what is essential. Take that and try to live up to it.”
~ “You have to grow from the inside out. None can teach you, none can make you spiritual. There is no other teacher but your own soul.”
~ “As body, mind, or soul, you are a dream; you really are Being, Consciousness, Bliss (Sat-Chit-Anand). You are the God of this universe.”
~ “Even when you sleep, keep the sword of discrimination at the head of your bed, so that covetousness cannot approach you even in dream.”
~ “Young men, my hope is in you. Will you respond to the call of your nation ? Each one of you has a glorious future if you dare believe me.”
~ “Stand up, be bold, be strong ! Know that you are the creator of your own destiny. All the strength and success you want is within yourself.”
~ “Stand up, be bold, be strong. Take the whole responsibility on your own shoulders, and know that you are the creator of your own destiny.”
Motivational Quotes By Swami Vivekananda -:
~ “If money help a man to do good to others, it is of some value. but if not, it is simply a mass of evil and the sooner it is got rid of, the better.”
~ “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.”
~ “Practical patriotism means not a mere sentiment or even emotion of love of the motherland, but a passion to serve our fellow-countrymen.”
~ “Condemn none :- if you can stretch out a helping hand then do so. If you cannot, fold your hands, bless your brothers and let them go their own way.”
~ “GOD is the ever-active providence, by whose power systems after systems are being evolved out of chaos, made to run for a time and again destroyed.”
~ “Each work has to pass through these stages – Ridicule, Opposition, and then Acceptance. Those who think ahead of their time are sure to be misunderstood.”
~ “If faith in ourselves had been more extensively taught and practiced. I am sure a very large portion of the evils and miseries that we would have vanished.”
~ “Think positively and masterfully, with confidence and faith, and life becomes more secure, more fraught with action, richer in achievement and experience.”
~ “Our duty is to encourage every one in his struggle to live up to his own highest idea and strive at the same time to make the ideal as near as possible to the Truth.”
~ “TO worship God even for the sake of salvation or any other reward is equally degenerate. Love knows no reward. Give your love unto to God but do not ask anything in return even from Him through pray.”
~ “The spirit is the cause of all our thoughts and body-action and everything. but it is untouched by good or evil, pleasure or pain, heat or cold, and all the dualism of nature, although it lends its light to everything.”
~ “The Vedanta recognizes no sin, it only recognizes error. And the greatest error, says the Vedanta is to say that you are weak, that you are a sinner, a miserable creature and that you have no power and you cannot do this and that.”
~ “This, I have seen in life – those who are overcautious about themselves fall into danger at every step. those who are afraid of losing honour and respect, get only disgrace; and those who are always afraid of loss, always lose.”
~ “You consider a man as educated only if he can pass exams. This education does not help people to equip themselves for the struggle of life; does not bring out strength of character; a spirit of philanthropy and the courage of a lion.”
~ “It is our own mental attitude which makes the world what it is for us. Our thought make things beautiful, our thoughts make things ugly. The whole world is in our own minds. Learn to see things in the proper light. First, believe in this world.”
~ “The moment I have realized God sitting in the temple of every human body, the moment I stand in reverence before every human being and see God in him – that moment I am free from bondage, everything that binds vanishes, and I am free.”
~ “Whatever you are doing, put your whole mind on it. If you are shooting then your mind should be only on the target so that you will never miss. If you are learning your lessons, think only of the lesson. In India boys and girls are taught to do this.”
~ “Get up, and set your shoulder to the wheel – How long is this life for ? As you have come into this world, leave some mark behind. Otherwise, where is the difference between you and the trees and stones? They too come into existence, decay and die.”
~ “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 itself makes of man a God. First, let us be Gods and then help other to be Gods. Be and Make. Let this be our motto.”
~ “Take up one idea. Make that one idea your life – think of it, dream of it, live on that idea. Let the brain, muscles, nerves, every part of your body, be full of that idea, and just leave every other idea alone. This is the way to success, that is way great spiritual giants are produced.”
~ “We are responsible for what we are and whatever we wish ourselves to be we have the power to make ourselves. If what we are now has been the result of our own past actions. it certainly follows that whatever we wish to be in future can be produced by our present actions. so we have to know how to act.”
~ “The goal of mankind is knowledge. Now this knowledge is inherent in man. No knowledge comes from outside, it is all inside. What we say a man ‘knows’, should, in strict psychological language, be what he ‘discovers’ or ‘unveils’. what man ‘learns’ is really what he discovers by taking the cover off his own soul, which is a mine of infinite knowledge.”
~ “Do not stand on a high pedestal and take 5 cents in your hand and say, “here, my poor man”, but be grateful that the poor man is there, so by making a gift to him you are able to help yourself.It is not the reciever that is blessed, but it is the giver.Be thankful that you are allowed to exercise your power of benevolence and mercy in the world, and thus become pure and perfect.”
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