Swami Vivekananda Quotes, Writing Quotes, Mind Quotes

The principles of the Vedanta not only should be preached everywhere in India, but also outside. Our thought must enter into the make-up of the minds of every nation, not through writings, but through persons.

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

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The will is not free - it is a phenomenon bound by cause and effect - but there is something behind the will which is free.

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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.

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We know there is no progress in a straight line.

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Both the forces of good and evil will keep the universe alive for us, until we awake from our dreams and give up this building of mud pies.

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When the last moment arrives, praise and blame will be the same to you, to me, and to others. We are here to work, and will have to leave all when the call comes.

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The organs are the horses, the mind is the rein, the intellect is the charioteer, the soul is the rider, and the body is the chariot.

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Be not in despair, the way is very difficult, like walking on the edge of a razor; yet despair not, arise, awake, and find the ideal, the goal.

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What is this universe but name and form?

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This caste system had grown by the practice of the son always following the business of the father.

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How absurd to take the credit of doing the good act on oneself and lay the blame for the evil act on the Lord!

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Charity never faileth.

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I pity the Hindu who does not see the beauty in Jesus Christ's character. I pity the Christian who does not reverence the Hindu Christ.

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Just as I sit down to meditate, all the vilest subjects in the world come up. The whole thing is nauseating. Why should the mind think thoughts I do not want it to think? I am as it were a slave to the mind.

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Where will you go to seek Brahman? He is immanent in all beings. Here, here is the visible Brahman! Shame on those who, neglecting the visible Brahman, set their minds on other things! Here is the visible Brahman before you as tangible as a fruit in one's hand! Can't you see? Here - here - is Brahman!

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We reap what we sow. We are the makers of our own fate. The wind is blowing; those vessels whose sails are unfurled catch it, and go forward on their way, but those which have their sails furled do not catch the wind. Is that the fault of the wind?....... We make our own destiny.

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The sign of vigour, the sign of life, the sign of hope, the sign of health, the sign of everything that is good, is strength. As long as the body lives, there must be strength in the body, strength in the mind, [and strength] in the hand.

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That which is selfish is immoral, and that which is unselfish is moral.

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Perfection is one thing and enjoyment another; these two having different ends, engage men differently.

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