Swami Vivekananda Quotes

What is meant by cause? Cause is the fine state of the manifested state.

The finer is always the cause, the grosser the effect. So the external world is the effect, the internal the cause.

Nobody has a right now to say that the Hindus are not liberal to a fault.

The Pariahs, our fellow beings, ought to be educated by the higher castes.

The more power there is, the more bondage, the more fear.

The one who actually succeeds in making himself believe that he is having a good time is the man of splendid physical health.

The sculptor, the painter the musician the dancer, or any artist, if he can first obtain celebrate in Paris, acquires very easily the esteem and eulogy of other countries.

We want the education by which character is formed, strength of mind is increased, the intellect is expanded, and by which one can stand on one's own feet.

Body is the name of a series of changes.

Bodies come and go, but the soul does not change.

I am responsible for my fate, I am the bringer of good unto myself, I am the bringer of evil. I am the Pure and Blessed One. We must reject all thoughts that assert to the contrary.

Take off the veil of hypnotism which you have cast upon the world, send not out thoughts and words of weakness unto humanity.

The road to salvation is through truth.

This is the one great idea to understand that our power is already ours, our salvation is already within us.

Hindus believe in God positively. Buddhism does not try to know whether He is or not.

It will be a great pity if any feeling of jealousy or egotism gain ground amongst you.

External practices have value only as helps to develop internal purity.

One ounce of the practice of righteousness and of spiritual Self-realisation outweighs tons and tons of frothy talk and nonsensical sentiments.

The Yogi must always practice.

Through faithful practice, layer after layer of the mind opens before us, and each reveals new facts to us.

Consciously or unconsciously, health can be transmitted. A very strong man, living with a weak man, will make him a little stronger, whether he knows it or not.

Every change is being forced upon us.

The Heart and core of everything here is good, that whatever may be the surface waves, deep down and underlying everything, there is an infinite basis of Goodness and Love.

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

Cowards never win victories. We have to fight fear and troubles and ignorance if we expect them to flee before us.

Egotism, pride, etc. must be given up.

And what causes fear? Ignorance of our own nature.

The correct meaning of the statement The Vedas are beginningless and eternal is that the law or truth revealed by them is permanent and changeless.

The power of purity-it is a definite power.

An atheist can be charitable but not religious. But the religious man must be charitable.

The Buddha is not a person but a (state of) realization to which anyone can attain.

The ego of man and woman is the soul. If the soul is independent, how then can it be isolated from the infinite whole?

Calm and silent and steady work, and no newspaper humbug, no name-making, you must always remember.

Each man is divine. Each man that you see is a God by his very nature.

Man as Atman is really free; as man he is bound, changed by every physical condition.

The effect is delusion, and therefore the cause must be delusion.

Each person tries to hold himself hss and lay the blame upon somebody or something else, or even on bad luck.

Slavery is slavery. The chain of gold is quite as bad as the chain of iron. Is there a way out?

Bold words and bolder deeds are what we want. Awake, awake, great ones! The world is burning with misery. Can you sleep?

One who leans on others cannot serve the God of Truth.

We want to lead mankind to the place where there is neither the Vedas, nor the Bible, nor the Koran; yet this has to be done by harmonizing the Vedas, the Bible, and the Koran.

What can be my highest idea of forgiveness? Nothing beyond myself. Which of you can jump out of your own bodies? Which of you can jump out of your own minds? Not one of you.

One ounce of practice is worth a thousand pounds of theory.

What is marriage but the renunciation of unchastity? The savage does not marry. Man marries because he renounces.

See how the Ganga flows by and what a nice building! I like this place. This is the ideal kind of place for a Math. (in Belur, West Bengal).

"The fool, dwelling on the bank of the Ganga, digs a well for water!" Such are we! Living in the midst of God - we must go and make images.

If it is strength, go down into hell and get hold of it!

Make no conditions and none will be imposed.

In the world take always the position of the giver.

The book is all in us. Fool, hearest not thou? In thine own heart day and night is singing that Eternal Music - Sachchidânanda, soham, soham - Existence-Knowledge-Bliss Absolute, I am He, I am He.