Swami Vivekananda Quotes

One who leans on others cannot serve the God of Truth.

The whole life is a succession of dreams. My ambition is to be a conscious dreamer, that is all.

How often does a man ruin his disciples by remaining always with them! When men are once trained, it is essential that their leader leave them, for without his absence they cannot develop themselves. Plants always remain small under a big tree.

Watch people do their most common actions; these are indeed the things that will tell you the real character of a great person.

Please everyone without becoming a hypocrite or a coward.

Worship of society and popular opinion is idolatry. The soul has no sex, no country, no place, no time.

The greatest sin is to think yourself weak

It is the cheerful mind that is persevering. It is the strong mind that hews its way through a thousand difficulties.

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

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

Is there any sex-distinction in the Atman (Self)? Out with the differentiation between man and woman—all is Atman! Give up the identification with the body, and stand up!

The greatest truths are the simplest things in the world, simple as your own existence.

A good practice carried to an extreme and worked in accordance with the letter of the law becomes a positive evil.

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.

Never think there is anything impossible for the soul. It is the greatest heresy to think so. If there is sin, this is the only sin; to say that you are weak, or others are weak.