Quotes from Swami Vivekananda

Look upon every man, woman, and everyone as God. You cannot help anyone, you can only serve: serve the children of the Lord, serve the Lord Himself, if you have the privilege.

The only saint is that soul that never weakens, faces everything, and determines to die game.

As long as we believe ourselves to be even the least different from God, fear remains with us; but when we know ourselves to be the One, fear goes; of what can we be afraid.?

Do not figure out big plans at first, but, begin slowly, feel your ground and proceed up and up.

Do you have the belief in you to move on, even when the whole world is against you, with swords in their hands?

In a day, when you don't come across any problems - you can be sure that you are travelling in a wrong path

Superstition is great enemy of man but bigotry is worse.

Cowards only sin, brave men never, no, not even in mind.

If you can think that infinite power, infinite knowledge and indomitable energy lie within you, and if you can bring out that power, you also can become like me.

Stamping down the weakness of mind and heart, stand up, saying, "I am possessed of heroism, I am possessed of a steady intellect..." Never allow weakness to overtake your mind.

Music is the highest art and to those who understand, is the highest worship

Even the minds of animals, such as dogs, lions, cats, and serpents, become charmed with music.

Only those who want nothing are masters of Nature.

Take any path you like; follow any prophet you like; but have only that method which suits your own nature, so that you will be sure to progress.

To the person who desires nothing and does not get entangled in desires, the manifold changes of nature are one panorama of beauty and sublimity.

Man is born to conquer nature and not to follow it.

Our Soul is a spark of the Divine. It is pure and perfect. Evil deeds merely obstruct our vision of the true nature of our Soul. Through good deeds we can become conscious of this perfection again.

All truth is eternal. Truth is nobody's property; no race, no individual can lay any exclusive claim to it. Truth is the nature of all souls.

He who has conquered the internal nature controls the whole universe; it becomes his servant.

The very reason for nature's existence is the education of the soul; it has no other meaning.

Every action that helps us manifest our divine nature more and more is good; every action that retards it is evil.

The greatest help to spiritual life is meditation. In meditation we divest ourselves of all material condition and feel our divine nature.

These births and deaths are changes in nature which we are mistaking for changes in us.

It is nature that is changing, not the soul of man. This never changes.