1,842 Quotes by Swami Vivekananda

Charity opens the heart.

All forms are transitory, that is why all religions say, "God has no form".

A certain motion becomes understood when it is referred to a force; certain sensations, to matter; certain changes outside, to law; certain changes in thought, to mind; certain order singly, to causation - and joined to time, to law.

Do not lower your goals to the level of your abilities. Instead, raise your abilities to the height of your goals.

The idol is the expression of religion.

The Land where humanity has attained its highest towards gentleness, towards generosity, towards purity, towards calmness - it is India.

We have all been hearing from childhood of such things as love, peace, charity, equality, and universal brotherhood; but they have become to us mere words without meaning, words which we repeat like parrots, and it has become quite natural for us to do so. We cannot help it.

Have faith in man, whether he appears to you to be a very learned one or a most ignorant one

For one thing we may be grateful: this life is not eternal.