1,842 Quotes by Swami Vivekananda

Every idea that strengthens you must be taken up and every thought that weakens you must be rejected.

The remedy for weakness is not brooding over weakness, but thinking of strength.

The Absolute God of the universe, the creator, preserver, and destroyer of the universe, is impersonal principle.

First, let us be Gods, and then help others to be Gods. "Be and make." Let this be our motto. Say not man is a sinner. Tell him that he is a God. Even if there were a devil, it would be our duty to remember God always, and not the devil.

Be brave! Be strong! Be fearless! Once you have taken up the spiritual life, fight as long as there is any life in you. Even though you know you are going to be killed, fight till you “are killed.” Don’t die of fright. Die fighting. Don’t go down till you are knocked down.

The body cannot be the soul.

A sapling must be hedged about for protection, but when it becomes a tree, a hedge would be a hindrance. So there is no need to criticise and condemn the old forms.

So long as we perceive this world in motion, we have to conceive will behind it.

We have to practice to become perfect.