Swami Vivekananda Quotes, Real Quotes, Knowing Quotes

All that is real in me is God; all that is real in God is I. The gulf between God and me is thus bridged. Thus by knowing God, we find that the kingdom of heaven is within us.

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This idea of body is a simple superstition. It is superstition that makes us happy or unhappy. It is superstition caused by ignorance that makes us feel heat and cold, pain and pleasure.

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

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The kingdom of heaven is within us. The Jewish idea was a kingdom of heaven upon this earth. That was not the idea of Jesus.

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The real work is in the practice.

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We have to keep the body in good health; we have to take care of what we eat and drink, and what we do.

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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 must always remember that God is Love. "A fool indeed is he who, living on the banks of the Ganga, seeks to dig a little well for water. A fool indeed is the man who, living near a mine of diamonds, spends his life in searching for beads of glass." God is that mine of diamonds. We are fools indeed to give up God for legends of ghosts or flying hobgoblins. It is a disease, a morbid desire.

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Everything that occupies space has form. The formless can only be infinite.

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Every action that helps us manifest our divine nature more and more is good; every action that retards it is evil.

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The attempt is to kill the false "I", so that the real "I", the Lord, will reign. "I the Lord thy God am a jealous God. Thou shalt have no other gods before me," say the Hebrew scriptures.

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

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God is cruel and not cruel. He is all being and not being at the same time. Hence He is all contradictions. Nature also is nothing but a mass of contradictions.

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[The seers call him wise] whose every attempt is free, without any desire for gain, without any selfishness.

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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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He who conquers self conquers all.

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Let us not depend upon the world for pleasure.

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You must keep a strict eye on your health; let everything else be subordinated to that.

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Realize your true nature. That is all there is to do. Know yourself as you are - infinite Spirit. That is practical religion. Everything else is impractical, for everything else will perish.

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Yes, the words of the Mother can be heard as clearly as we hear one another. But one requires a fine nerve to hear Mother's words.

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