Quotes from Swami Vivekananda

He who can become mad with an idea, he alone sees light.

t is our own mental attitude which makes the world what it is for us Our thoughts make things beautiful Our thoughts make things ugly The whole world is in our own minds Learn to see things in the proper light

F ear is death Fear is sin Fear is hell Fear is unrighteousness Fear is wrong life All the negative thoughts and ideas that are in the world have proceeded from this evil spirit of fear This

We read again: "????? ???? ???? ????? ????? ???? ?????????--Everything in this universe has been projected, Prana vibrating." You must mark the word Ejati, because it comes from Eja, to vibrate; Nihsritam, projected;Yadidam Kincha, whatever in this universe.

they have no thought for anything else, never live a moment for any other idea, and thus the way is shortened for them. This is what is meant by concentration, intensifying the power of assimilation, thus shortening the time. Raja-Yoga is the science which teaches us how to gain the power of concentration.

Truth, and nothing but truth is the watchword of the Advaitist. "??????? ???? ??????? ?????? ????? ????? ??????? --Truth alone triumphs, and not untruth. Through truth alone the way to Devayana lies.

A perfect life is a contradiction in terms.

Spiritual knowledge is the only thing that can destroy our miseries for ever;

Ignorance is the mother of all the evil and all the misery we see.

Falling away ... when obtained . Some days or weeks when you are practicing, the mind will be calm and easily concentrated, and you will find yourself progressing fast. All of a sudden the progress will stop one day, and you will find yourself, as it were, stranded. Persevere. All progress proceeds by such rise and fall.

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." ? Swami Vivekananda

Impurity is a mere superimposition under which your real nature has become hidden. But the real you is already perfect, already strong.

He who has no faith in himself can never have faith in God.

It is a well-known psychological fact that those who are ever ready to abuse others cannot bear the slightest touch of criticism from others.

the very essence of education is concentration of mind, not the collecting of facts.

Thus will we come to the basis of belief, the real genuine religion. We will perceive for ourselves whether we have souls, whether life is of five minutes or of eternity, whether there is a God in the universe or none. It will all be revealed to us. This is what Raja-Yoga proposes to teach.

Nothing Is Final, Change Is Always Possible If You Have The Courage To Make It Happen.

Y ou must avoid excessive merriment A mind in that state never becomes calm it becomes fickle

In life, whatever you give to your society should be more than what you receive from it.

If you really want to judge the character of a man, look not at his great performances. Every fool may become a hero at one time or another. Watch a man do his most common actions; those are indeed the things which will tell you the real character of a great man. Great occasions rouse even the lowest of human beings to some kind of greatness, but he alone is the really great man whose character is great always, the same wherever he be.

T he happiest moments we ever know are when we entirely forget ourselves

Go into your own room and get the Upanishads out of your own Self. You are the greatest book that ever was or ever will be, the infinite depository of all that is. Until the inner teacher opens, all outside teaching is in vain.

I must love Him for love's sake. I cannot trade in love.

Arise, awake, and stop not till the goal is reached. Arise, arise once more, for nothing can be done without renunciation.