Quotes from Swami Vivekananda

When the body is still healthy and diseaseless, When old age has not yet attacked it

Consciously or unconsciously, health can be transmitted. A very strong man, living with a weak man, will make him a little stronger, whether he knows it or not.

He who wants to become a Bhakta must be strong, must be healthy.

The whole secret of existence is to have no fear. Never fear what will become of you, depend on no one. Only the moment you reject all help are you freed.

Freedom can never be reached by the weak. Throw away all weakness. Tell your body that it is strong, tell your mind that it is strong, and have unbounded faith and hope in yourself.

There is nothing beyond God, and the sense enjoyments are simply something through which we are passing now in the hope of getting better things.

Salvation never will come through hope of reward.

When we use our imagination properly it is our greatest friend; it goes belyond reason and is the only light that takes us everywhere.

As long as we require someone else to make us happy, we are slaves.

The idea of perfect womanhood is perfect independence

One may gain political and social independence, but if one is a slave to his passions and desires, one cannot feel the pure joy of real freedom

Anything that makes weak - physically, intellectually and spiritually, reject it as poison.

Condemn none: if you can stretch out a helping hand, do so. If you cannot, fold your hands, bless your brothers, and let them go their own way.

The great secret of true success, of true happiness, is this: the man or woman who asks for no return, the perfectly unselfish person, is the most successful.

That man has reached immortality who is disturbed by nothing material.

First, believe in the world - that there is meaning behind everything.

...never try to follow another's path for that is his way, not yours. When that path is found, you have nothing to do but fold your arms and the tide will carry you to freedom.

The fire that warms us can also consume us; it is not the fault of the fire.

Not believing in the glory of our own soul is what the Vedanta calls atheism.

They alone live, who live for others.

Desire can be eradicated from the roots by firmly imbibing the four attributes of: Jnan, Atmanishtha, Vairagya, Dharma and the full fledged devotion to God.

Our 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.

Persevere on, my brave lads, We have only just begun. Never despond! Never say enough!

Hold on to your own ideal. . . . Above all, never attempt to guide or rule others, or, as the Yankees say, "boss" others. Be the servant of all.