Famous Swami Vivekananda Quotes
Perfection is not to be attained, it is already within us.
Swami Vivekananda
External nature is only internal nature writ large.
Swami Vivekananda
The Vedas teach that the soul is divine, only held in the bondage of matter; perfection will be reached when this bond will burst, and the word they use for it is, therefore, Mukti – freedom, freedom from the bonds of imperfection, freedom from death and misery.
Swami Vivekananda
Why should a Man be Moral? Because this strengthens his will.
Swami Vivekananda
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.
Swami Vivekananda
Whenever we attain a higher vision, the lower vision disappears of itself.
Swami Vivekananda
If money help a man to do good to others, it is of some value; but if not, it is simply a mass of evil, and the sooner it is got rid of, the better.
Swami Vivekananda
The more we come out and do good to others, the more our hearts will be purified, and God will be in them.
Swami Vivekananda
The Vedanta recognizes no sin it only recognizes error. And the greatest error, says the Vedanta is to say that you are weak, that you are a sinner, a miserable creature, and that you have no power and you cannot do this and that.
Swami Vivekananda
We are responsible for what we are, and whatever we wish ourselves to be, we have the power to make ourselves.
Swami Vivekananda
Watch people do their most common actions; these are indeed the things that will tell you the real character of a great person.
Swami Vivekananda
The brain and muscles must develop simultaneously. Iron nerves with an intelligent brain – and the whole world is at your feet.
Swami Vivekananda