1,842 Quotes by Swami Vivekananda

The main feature should be the teaching of principles through stories. Don't make it metaphysical at all.

Hinduism is the mother of all religions

There is nothing so high as renunciation of self.

Never are we nearer the Light than when the darkness is deepest.

Two things control man's character; Strength and Pity

In this external world, which is full of finite things, it is impossible to see and find the Infinite. The Infinite must be sought in that alone which is infinite, and the only thing infinite about us is that which is within us, our own soul. Neither the body, nor the mind, nor even our thoughts, nor the world we see around us, is infinite.

Test everything, try everything, and then believe it, and if you find it for the good of many, give it to all.

Look upon every man, woman, and everyone as God. You cannot help anyone, you can only serve: serve the children of the Lord, serve the Lord Himself, if you have the privilege.

Well has it been said that man is the only animal that naturally looks upwards; every other animal naturally looks down.