Top 500 Swami Vivekananda Quotes (2024 Update)
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301. “This life is a hard fact; work your way through it boldly, though it may be adamantine; no matter, the soul is stronger.”

— Swami Vivekananda

302. “I hate this world, this dream, this horrible nightmare, with its churches and chicaneries, its books and blackguardisms, its fair faces and false hearts, its howling righteousness on the surface and utter hollowness beneath and, above all, its sanctified shopkeeping!”

— Swami Vivekananda

303. “No one is ever really taught by another; each of us has to teach himself. The external teacher offers only the suggestion, which arouses the internal teacher, who helps us to understand things.”

— Swami Vivekananda

304. “Man has infinite power within himself, and he can realise it – he can realise himself as the one infinite Self. It can be done; but you do not believe it. You pray to God and keep your powder dry all the time.”

— Swami Vivekananda

305. “If you really want to judge the character of a man, look not at his great performances. Watch a man do his most common actions.”

— Swami Vivekananda

306. “Have faith that you are all, my brave lads, born to do great things! Let not the barks of puppies frighten you, no, not even the thunderbolts of heaven, but stand up and work!”

— Swami Vivekananda

307. “I am neither the mind, nor the intellect, nor the ego, nor the mind-stuff.”

— Swami Vivekananda

308. “Body is the name of a series of changes.”

— Swami Vivekananda

309. “God is cruel and not cruel. He is all being and not being at the same time. Hence He is all contradictions. Nature also is nothing but a mass of contradictions.”

— Swami Vivekananda

310. “True religion comes not front the teaching of men or the reading of books; it is the awakening of the spirit within us, consequent upon pure and heroic action.”

— Swami Vivekananda

311. “Perfection does not come from belief or faith. Talk does not count for anything. Parrots can do that. Perfection comes through the disinterested performance of action.”

— Swami Vivekananda

312. “I want each one of my children to be a hundred times greater than I could ever be. Everyone of you must be a giant- must, that is my word. Obedience, readiness, and love for the cause- if you have these three, nothing can hold you back.”

— Swami Vivekananda

313. “Let the end and the means be joined into one.”

— Swami Vivekananda

314. “You must all pay attention to your health first.”

— Swami Vivekananda

315. “Attachment comes only where we expect a return.”

— Swami Vivekananda

316. “Blame nobody else, do not commit the mistake of the ignorant.”

— Swami Vivekananda

317. “Perfection is not to be attained, it is already within us.”

— Swami Vivekananda

318. “Internal and external nature, mind and matter, are in time and space, and are bound by the law of causation.”

— Swami Vivekananda

319. “You yourselves are the Being you are seeking.”

— Swami Vivekananda

320. “Be grateful that the poor man is there, so that by making a gift to him you are able to help yourself.”

— Swami Vivekananda

321. “Blame neither man, nor God, nor anyone in the world. When you find yourselves suffering, blame yourselves, and try to do better.”

— Swami Vivekananda

322. “Jnana, bhakti, yoga and karma – these are the four paths which lead to spiritual freedom. One must follow the path for which one is best suited. But in this age, special stress should be laid on karma yoga.”

— Swami Vivekananda

323. “Things do not grow better; they remain as they are. It is we who grow better, by the changes we make in ourselves.”

— Swami Vivekananda

324. “The calm man is not the man who is dull. You must not mistake Sattva for dullness or laziness. The calm man is the one who has control over the mind waves. Activity is the manifestation of inferior strength, calmness, of the superior.”

— Swami Vivekananda

325. “No great work can be achieved by humbug. It is through love, a passion for truth, and tremendous energy, that all undertakings are accomplished.”

— Swami Vivekananda

326. “Man is the nearest approach to Brahman.”

— Swami Vivekananda

327. “It is only by doing good to others that one attains to one’s own good.”

— Swami Vivekananda

328. “Shri Ramakrishna use to say, “As Long as I Live, so long do I learn”. That man or that society which has nothing to learn is already in the jaws of death.”

— Swami Vivekananda

329. “To me an Indian is one who has got a Vedantic brain which probes deep and soars high; an Islamic body that is vibrant and valiant; a Buddhistic heart overflowing with compassion and kindness and Christian limbs of service and sacrifice.”

— Swami Vivekananda

330. “All the strength and succour you want is within yourselves. Therefore make your own future. “Let the dead past bury its dead.” The infinite future is before you.”

— Swami Vivekananda

331. “The power is with the silent ones, who only live and love and then withdraw their personality. They never say “me” and “mine”; they are only blessed in being instruments.”

— Swami Vivekananda

332. “God is not to be reached by the weak. Never be weak. You have infinite strength within you. How else will you conquer anything? How else will you come to God?”

— Swami Vivekananda

333. “Anything that is western origin, first you verify it, then accept it. Anything that is Indian origin, first accept it, then verify it if necessary.”

— Swami Vivekananda

334. “The very reason for nature’s existence is for the education of the soul.”

— Swami Vivekananda

335. “The past was great no doubt, but I sincerely believe that the future will be more glorious still.”

— Swami Vivekananda

336. “External nature is only internal nature writ large.”

— Swami Vivekananda

337. “May the shadow of the Almighty ever rest on all those you love.”

— Swami Vivekananda

338. “Advaita is the only system that gives us complete control over ourselves, takes off all dependence and its associated superstitions, thus making us brave to suffer, brave to do, and in the long run, attain to absolute freedom.”

— Swami Vivekananda

339. “If you want to have life, you have to die every moment for it. Life and death are only different expressions of the same thing looked at from different standpoints; they are the falling and the rising of the same wave, and the two form one whole.”

— Swami Vivekananda

340. “Art is – representing the beautiful. There must be Art in everything.”

— Swami Vivekananda

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

— Swami Vivekananda

342. “As thou thinkest, so art thou.”

— Swami Vivekananda

343. “No one is to blame for our miseries but ourselves.”

— Swami Vivekananda

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

— Swami Vivekananda

345. “So long as we perceive this world in motion, we have to conceive will behind it.”

— Swami Vivekananda

346. “We must plunge heart and soul and body into the work. And until we are ready to sacrifice everything else to one Idea and to one alone, we never, never will see the Light.”

— Swami Vivekananda

347. “It is the Prana that is manifesting as motion.”

— Swami Vivekananda

348. “Never allow weakness to overtake your mind. Remember Mahavira, remember the Divine Mother! And you will see that all weakness, all cowardice will vanish at once.”

— Swami Vivekananda

349. “Please everyone without becoming a hypocrite or a coward.”

— Swami Vivekananda

350. “Work and worship are necessary to take away the veil, to lift off the bondage and illusion.”

— Swami Vivekananda