Quotes By Swami Vivekananda

Top Best Quotes By Swami Vivekananda

1. They alone live, who live for others.

2. Experience is the only teacher we have.

3. Neither seek nor avoid, take what comes.

4. If superstition enters, the brain is gone.

5. Tell the truth boldly, whether it hurts or not.

6. The greatest sin is to think that you are weak.

7. The only test of good things is that they make us strong.

8. We must be Bright and Cheerful, long faces do not make Religion.

9. In a conflict between the heart and the brain, follow your heart.

10. Desire, ignorance, and inequality—this is the trinity of bondage.

11. When death is certain, it is best to sacrifice oneself for a good cause.

12. The world is the great gymnasium where we come to make ourselves strong.

13. See for the highest, aim at that highest, and you shall reach the highest.

14. Truth can be stated in a thousand different ways, yet each one can be true.

15. The fire that warms us can also consume us; it is not the fault of the fire.

16. Not believing in the glory of our own soul is what the Vedanta calls atheism.

17. The history of the world is the history of a few men who had faith in themselves.

18. The greatest religion is to be true to your own nature. Have faith in yourselves.

19. We must keep our dignity before others. Unless we do that, we expose ourselves to insult.

20. “Comfort” is no test of truth; on the contrary, truth is often far from being “comfortable”.

21. Purity, patience, and perseverance are the three essentials to success, and above all, love.

22. Whatever is weak, avoid! It is death. If it is strength, go down into hell and get hold of it!

23. The whole life is a succession of dreams. My ambition is to be a conscious dreamer, that is all.

24. Strength is Life, Weakness is Death. Expansion is Life, Contraction is Death. Love is Life, Hatred is Death.

25. All the powers in the universe are already ours. It is we who have put our hands before our eyes and cry that it is dark.

26. We are what our thoughts have made us; so take care about what you think. Words are secondary. Thoughts live; they travel far.

27. Neither money pays, nor name pays, nor fame, nor learning; it is CHARACTER that cleave through adamantine walls of difference.

28. You have to grow from the inside out. None can teach you, none can make you spiritual. There is no other teacher but your own soul.

29. Stand up, be bold, be strong. Take the whole responsibility on your own shoulders, and know that you are the creator of your own destiny.

30. Take up one idea. Make that one idea your life; dream of it; think of it; live on that idea. Let the brain, the body, muscles, nerves, every part of your body be full of that idea, and just leave every other idea alone. This is the way to success, and this is the way great spiritual giants are produced.