Quotes from Swami Vivekananda

I am in every religion as the thread through a string of pearls. Wherever thou seest extraordinary holiness and extraordinary power raising and purifying humanity, know thou that I am there.

Religion in India must be made as free and as easy of access as is God's air.

Each nation has a main current in life; in India it is religion. Make it strong and the waters on either side must move along with it.

A Sannyasin cannot belong to any religion, for his is a life of independent thought, which draws from all religions; his is a life of realisation, not merely of theory or belief, much less of dogma.

Religion is being and becoming. Religion is the manifestation of the Divinity already in man.

In all our Yogas this renunciation is necessary. This is the stepping-stone and the real centre and the real heart of all spiritual culture - renunciation. This is religion - renunciation.

The great Vaishnava religion of India has also sprung from a Tamil Pariah - Shathakopa - "who was a dealer in winnowing-fans but was a Yogin all the while".

In Buddha we had the great, universal heart and infinite patience, making religion practical and bringing it to everyone's door.

You must worship the Self in Krishna, not Krishna as Krishna.

How can there be any progress of the country without the spread of education, the dawning of knowledge?

Through practice comes Yoga, through Yoga comes knowledge, through knowledge love, and through love bliss.

The gift of knowledge is the highest gift in the world.

No negative, all positive, affirmative. I am, God is, everything is in me. I will manifest health, purity, knowledge, whatever I want.

If you have knowledge and see a man weak, do not condemn him. Go to his level and help him if you can. He must grow.

The benefits of knowledge can only be realized in practice.

The book is all in us. Fool, hearest not thou? In thine own heart day and night is singing that Eternal Music - Sachchidânanda, soham, soham - Existence-Knowledge-Bliss Absolute, I am He, I am He.

Mind 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.

Take Risks in Your Life If you Win, U Can Lead! If You Lose, You can Guide!

Relationships are more important than life,but it is important for those relationships to have life in them

Everyone goes with the flow... but the one who goes against the flow becomes someone remarkable in life.

Spirituality as a science, as a study, is the greatest and healthiest exercise that the human mind can have.

Science and religion will meet and shake hands.

Everything progresses in waves. The march of civilization, the progression of worlds, is in waves. All human activities likewise progress in waves - art, literature, science, religion.

Society does not go down because of the activities of criminals, But because of the inactivities of the good people.