Religion is realization; not talk, nor doctrine, nor theories however beautiful they may be. It is being and becoming, not hearing, or acknowledging; it is the whole soul becoming what it believes.
SWAMI VIVEKANANDAReal freedom is not merely doing what you like, but also NOT doing what you like.
More Swami Vivekananda Quotes
-
-
It is not that Christ is superior to Allah, not that Allah is everything and Brahma is nothing, but it is the same one whom you call either Brahma or Allah, or Almighty, or by a hundred other names. The names are different but God is one and the same.
SWAMI VIVEKANANDA -
The gift of knowledge is the highest gift in the world.
SWAMI VIVEKANANDA -
Blame nobody else, do not commit the mistake of the ignorant.
SWAMI VIVEKANANDA -
Our own selfishness makes us the most arrant cowards; our own selfishness is the great cause of fear and cowardice.
SWAMI VIVEKANANDA -
All the forces that are working in this body have been produced out of food; we see that every day.
SWAMI VIVEKANANDA -
Do one thing at a Time, and while doing it put your whole Soul into it to the exclusion of all else.
SWAMI VIVEKANANDA -
Man always is perfect, or he never could become so; but he had to realise it.
SWAMI VIVEKANANDA -
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.
SWAMI VIVEKANANDA -
Let him who has courage in his mind and love in his heart come with me. I want none else.
SWAMI VIVEKANANDA -
I have come to this conclusion that there is only one country in the world which understands religion – it is India.
SWAMI VIVEKANANDA -
Eka-Nishtha or devotion to one ideal is absolutely necessary for the beginner in the practice of religious devotion.
SWAMI VIVEKANANDA -
The mind is but the subtle part of the body. You must retain great strength in your mind and words.
SWAMI VIVEKANANDA -
The history of the world is the history of a few men who had faith in themselves.
SWAMI VIVEKANANDA -
Real freedom is not merely doing what you like, but also NOT doing what you like.
SWAMI VIVEKANANDA -
You must all pay attention to your health first.
SWAMI VIVEKANANDA