1,842 Quotes by Swami Vivekananda

We must get out of materialism.

Let new India arise out of peasants' cottage, grasping the plough, out of huts, cobbler and sweeper.

Perfection is one thing and enjoyment another; these two having different ends, engage men differently.

How to transcend the senses without disturbing the health is what we want to learn.

What we want now is an immense awakening of Râjasika energy, for the whole country is wrapped in the shroud of Tamas. The people of this land must be fed and clothed-must be awakened -must be made more fully active. Otherwise they will become inert, as inert as trees and stones. So, I say, eat large quantities of fish and meat, my boy!

There is to be found in every religion the manifestation of the struggle toward freedom. It is the groundwork of all morality, of unselfishness, which means getting rid of the idea that human beings are the same as this little body.

Don't look back—forward, infinite energy, infinite enthusiasm, infinite daring, and infinite patience—then alone can great deeds be accomplished.

Sincerity of conviction and purity of motive will surely gain the day; and even a small minority, armed with these, is surely destined to prevail against all odds.

Your country requires heroes; be heroes; your duty is to go on working, and then everything will follow of itself.