Man in his true nature is substance, soul, spirit.
SWAMI VIVEKANANDAMan in his true nature is substance, soul, spirit.
SWAMI VIVEKANANDAEka-Nishtha or devotion to one ideal is absolutely necessary for the beginner in the practice of religious devotion.
SWAMI VIVEKANANDAThe awakening of the soul to its bondage and its effort to stand up and assert itself – this is called life.
SWAMI VIVEKANANDAWhat we call powers, secrets of nature, and force, are all within. In the external world are only a series of changes.
SWAMI VIVEKANANDAMind you, there is no value in learning. You are all mistaken in learning. The only value of knowledge is in the strengthening, the disciplining, of the mind.
SWAMI VIVEKANANDAThe help which tends to make us spiritually strong is the highest help, next to it comes intellectual help and after that comes physical help.
SWAMI VIVEKANANDADo not lower your goals to the level of your abilities. Instead, raise your abilities to the height of your goals.
SWAMI VIVEKANANDAMan’s experience in the world is to enable him to get out of its whirlpool.
SWAMI VIVEKANANDANeither seek nor avoid; take what comes. It is liberty to be affected by nothing. Do not merely endure; be unattached.
SWAMI VIVEKANANDAThe remedy for weakness is not brooding over weakness, but thinking of strength.
SWAMI VIVEKANANDAShri Ramakrishna use to say, “As Long as I Live, so long do I learn”. That man or that society which has nothing to learn is already in the jaws of death.
SWAMI VIVEKANANDAEverything is ended if you forgive and forget.
SWAMI VIVEKANANDAThe history of the world is the history of a few men who had faith in themselves.
SWAMI VIVEKANANDAYou must all pay attention to your health first.
SWAMI VIVEKANANDAOur first duty is not to hate ourselves, because to advance we must have faith in ourselves first and then in God. Those who have no faith in themselves can never have faith in God.
SWAMI VIVEKANANDABe grateful that the poor man is there, so that by making a gift to him you are able to help yourself.
SWAMI VIVEKANANDA