Swami Vivekananda Quotes

“Thought is like a bubble rising to the surface. When thought is joined to will, we call it power. That which strikes the sick person whom you are trying to help is not thought, but power.”

“[The seers call him wise] whose every attempt is free, without any desire for gain, without any selfishness.”

“Not only we can, but some have reached perfection; so no matter what finer bodies come, they could only be on the relative plane and could do no more than we, for to attain freedom is all that can be done.”

“Perfection can be had by everybody.”

“Let him who has courage in his mind and love in his heart come with me. I want none else.”

“May blessings and happiness attend every step of your progress in this world.”

“Truth can be stated in a thousand different ways, yet each one can be true.”

“Out of Mahat comes universal egoism.”

“In a conflict between the heart and the brain, follow your heart.”

“As the cause is, so the effect will be.”

“I am neither the mind, nor the intellect, nor the ego, nor the mind-stuff”

“Do not desire, for what you desire you get, and with it comes terrible bondage. It is nothing but bringing "noses on us," as in the case of the man who had three boons to ask. We never get freedom until we are self-contained. "Self is the Saviour of self, none else."”

“So long as the millions live in hunger and ignorance, I hold every man a traitor who, having been educated at their expense, pays not the least heed to them.”

“Not one atom can rest until it finds its freedom.”

“Thoughts are living things - they travel far.”

“The book is all in us. Fool, hearest not thou? In thine own heart day and night is singing that Eternal Music - Sachchidânanda, soham, soham - Existence-Knowledge-Bliss Absolute, I am He, I am He.”

“The ideal of womanhood in India is motherhood - that marvellous, unselfish, all - suffering, ever - forgiving mother.”

“The idea of perfect womanhood is perfect independence”

“"If you die, you get to heaven; and if you win, you enjoy the earth" (Gita). Even if you die in this attempt, well and good, many will take up the work, following your example. And if you succeed, you will live a life of great opulence.”

“You are the makers of your own fortunes. You make yourselves suffer, you make good and evil, and it is you who put your hands before your eyes and say it is dark. Take your hands away and see the light.”

“Business is business, no child's play.”

“True progress is slow but sure.”

“You must all pay attention to your health first.”

“Man's experience in the world is to enable him to get out of its whirlpool.”

“What is the world that is to be given up? It is here. I am carrying it all with me. My own body. It is all for this body that I put my hand voluntarily upon my fellow human beings, just to keep it nice and give it a little pleasure. It is all for the body that I injure others and make mistakes.”