What we call powers, secrets of nature, and force, are all within. In the external world are only a series of changes.
SWAMI VIVEKANANDATell the truth boldly, whether it hurts or not. Never pander to weakness. If truth is too much for intelligent people and sweeps them away, let them go; the sooner the better.
More Swami Vivekananda Quotes
-
-
The infinite library of the Universe is in your mind.
SWAMI VIVEKANANDA -
Never say NO, Never say, ‘I cannot’, for you are INFINITE. All the power is WITHIN you. You can do anything.
SWAMI VIVEKANANDA -
All the forces that are working in this body have been produced out of food; we see that every day.
SWAMI VIVEKANANDA -
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 VIVEKANANDA -
He who is alone is happy. Do good to all, like everyone, but do not love anyone. It is a bondage, and bondage brings only misery. Live alone in your mind – that is happiness. To have nobody to care for and never minding who cares for one is the way to be free.
SWAMI VIVEKANANDA -
Shri 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 VIVEKANANDA -
Astrology and all these mystical things are generally signs of a weak mind.
SWAMI VIVEKANANDA -
Why are people so afraid? The answer is that they have made themselves helpless and dependent on others. We are so lazy, we do not want to do anything ourselves. We want a Personal God, a Savior or a Prophet to do everything for us.
SWAMI VIVEKANANDA -
Your success is not measured in terms of what all you obtained but in term of what you become, how you live and what actions you do. Upon this point reflect well and attain great happiness
SWAMI VIVEKANANDA -
Eka-Nishtha or devotion to one ideal is absolutely necessary for the beginner in the practice of religious devotion.
SWAMI VIVEKANANDA -
Be not afraid of anything. You will do marvelous work. The moment you fear, you are nobody. Be a hero. Always say, ‘I have no fear’. Tell this to everybody-‘Have no fear’.
SWAMI VIVEKANANDA -
Persevere on, my brave lads, We have only just begun. Never despond! Never say enough!
SWAMI VIVEKANANDA -
Why should a Man be Moral? Because this strengthens his will.
SWAMI VIVEKANANDA -
The best thermometer to the progress of a nation is its treatment of its women.
SWAMI VIVEKANANDA -
The attempt is to kill the false “I”, so that the real “I”, the Lord, will reign. “I the Lord thy God am a jealous God. Thou shalt have no other gods before me,” say the Hebrew scriptures.
SWAMI VIVEKANANDA