Swami Vivekananda Quotes, Heart Quotes, Mind Quotes

Let him who has courage in his mind and love in his heart come with me. I want none else.

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To realize the spirit as spirit is practical religion. Everything else is good so far as it leads to this one grand idea.

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We, we, and none else, are responsible for what we suffer. We are the effects, and we are the causes.

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Never can a reforming sect survive if it is only reforming; the formative elements alone - the real impulse, that is, the principles - live on and on.

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

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We shall have to work like lions, keeping the ideal before us, without caring whether "the wise ones praise or blame us".

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Get away from all books and forms and let your soul see its Self. "We are deluded and maddened by books", Shri Krishna declares.

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Every soul is destined to be perfect, and every being, in the end, will attain the state of perfection.

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Ours is the only religion that does not depend on a person or persons; it is based upon principles. At the same time there is room for millions of persons. There is ample ground for introducing persons, but each one of them must be an illustration of the principles. We must not forget that. These principles of our religion are all safe, and it should be the life-work of everyone of us to keep then safe, and to keep them free from the accumulating dirt and dust of ages.

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As soon as extreme attachment comes, a man loses himself, he is no more master of himself, he is a slave.

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If you can get absolutely still for just one moment, you have reached the goal.

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Here lies the secret. Says Patanjali, the father of Yoga, "When a man rejects all the superhuman powers, then he attains to the cloud of virtue." He sees God. He becomes God and helps others to become the same. This is all I have to preach. Doctrines have been expounded enough. There are books by the million. Oh, for an ounce of practice!

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Not one is constant, but everything is changing.

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Is there any sex-distinction in the Atman (Self)? Out with the differentiation between man and woman—all is Atman! Give up the identification with the body, and stand up!

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Do not hate anybody, because that hatred which comes out from you must, in the long run, come back to you. If you love, that love will come back to you, completing the circle.

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Cut the bondage of all worldly affections; go beyond laziness and all care as to what becomes of you.

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I am not talking about what every one of us means by love. Little namby-pamby love is lovely. Man rails in love with woman, and woman goes to die for man. The chances are that in five minutes John kicks Jane, and Jane kicks John. This is a materialism and no love at all. If John could really love Jane, he would be perfect that moment.

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If you can think that infinite power, infinite knowledge and indomitable energy lie within you, and if you can bring out that power, you also can become like me.

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No civilisation can grow unless fanatics, bloodshed, and brutality stop. No civilisation can begin to lift up its head until we look charitably upon one another; and the first step towards that much-needed charity is to look charitably and kindly upon the religious convictions of others. Nay more, to understand that not only should we be charitable, but positively helpful to each other, however different our religious ideas and convictions may be.

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It is the greatest manifestation of power to be calm.

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