Never talk about the faults of others, no matter how bad they may be. Nothing is ever gained by that. You never help one by talking about his fault; you do him an injury, and injure yourself as well.
SWAMI VIVEKANANDAIf you are pure, if you are strong, you, one man are equal to the whole world.
More Swami Vivekananda Quotes
-
-
My children, the secret of religion lies not in theories but in practice.
SWAMI VIVEKANANDA -
Everything is ended if you forgive and forget.
SWAMI VIVEKANANDA -
Neither money pays, nor name pays, nor fame, nor learning; it is CHARACTER that cleave through adamantine walls of difference.
SWAMI VIVEKANANDA -
They only live, who live for others, the rest are more dead than alive.
SWAMI VIVEKANANDA -
All the forces that are working in this body have been produced out of food; we see that every day.
SWAMI VIVEKANANDA -
The history of the world is the history of a few men who had faith in themselves.
SWAMI VIVEKANANDA -
We have either to progress or to degenerate. Our ancestors did great things in the past, but we have to grow into a fuller life and march beyond even their great achievements.
SWAMI VIVEKANANDA -
There is only one Soul in the Universe. There is no ‘you’ or ‘me’; all variety is merged into the absolute unity, the one infinite existence – God.
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 -
Man’s experience in the world is to enable him to get out of its whirlpool.
SWAMI VIVEKANANDA -
Man makes the mistake of separating himself from God and identifying himself with the body.
SWAMI VIVEKANANDA -
Do not lower your goals to the level of your abilities. Instead, raise your abilities to the height of your goals.
SWAMI VIVEKANANDA -
Ishvara is the highest manifestation of the Absolute Reality, or in other words, the highest possible reading of the Absolute by the human mind. Creation is eternal, and so also is Ishvara.
SWAMI VIVEKANANDA -
Let him who has courage in his mind and love in his heart come with me. I want none else.
SWAMI VIVEKANANDA -
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.”
SWAMI VIVEKANANDA