Swami Vivekananda Quotes

Tell your body that it is strong, tell your mind that it is strong, and have unbounded faith and hope in yourself.

You must worship the Self in Krishna, not Krishna as Krishna.

The Yogis say that the man who has discriminating powers, the man of good sense, sees through all that are called pleasure and pain, and knows that they come to all, and that one follows and melts into the other; he sees that men follow an ignis fatuus all their lives, and never succeed in fulfilling their desires. The great King Yudhishthira once said that the most wonderful thing in life is that evry moment we see people dying around us, and yet we think we shall never die. Surrounded by fools on every side, we think we are the only exceptions, the only learned men. Surrounded by all sorts of experiences of fickleness, we think our love is the only lasting love. How can that be? Even love is selfish, and the Yogi says that in the end we shall find that even the love of husbands and wives, children and friends, slowly decays. Decadence seizes everything in this life. It is only when everything, even love, fails, that, with a flash, man finds out how vain, how dreamlike is this world. Then he catches a glimpse of Vairagya, catches a glimpse of the beyond. It is only by giving up this world that the other comes; never through holding on to this one.

Freedom can never be reached by the weak. Throw away all weakness. Tell your body that it is strong, tell your mind that it is strong, and have unbounded faith and hope in yourself.

Take Risks in Your Life If u Win, U Can Lead! If u Lose, U Can Guide!

struggle is the life of sucess

We must have friendship for all; we must be merciful toward those that are in misery; when people are happy, we ought to be happy; and to the wicked we must be indifferent. These attitudes will make the mind peaceful.

The greatest religion is to be true to your own nature. Have faith in yourselves.

Animals cannot have any high thoughts; nor can the Angels or Devas attain to direct freedom without human birth.

The only religion that ought to be taught is the religion of fearlessness. Either in this world or in the world of religion, it is true that fear is the sure cause of degradation and sin. It is fear that brings misery, fear that brings death, fear that breeds evil. And what causes fear? Ignorance of our own nature.

Ask nothing; want nothing in return. Give what you have to give; it will come back to you, but do not think of that now.

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

What right has a man to say he has a soul if he does not feel it, or that there is a God if he does not see Him? If there is a God we must see Him, if there is a soul we must perceive it; otherwise it is better not to believe. It is better to be an outspoken atheist than a hypocrite.

The help which tends to make us spiritually strong is the highest help, next to it comes intellectual help and after that comes physical help.

You cannot believe in God until you believe in yourself.