1,842 Quotes by Swami Vivekananda

I am a socialist not because I think it is a perfect system, but half a loaf is better than no bread. The other system has been tried and found wanting.

The power is with the silent ones, who only live and love and then withdraw their personality. They never say “me” and “mine”; they are only blessed in being instruments.

Astrology and all these mystical things are generally signs of a weak mind.

The Older I grow, the more everything seems to me to lie in manliness. This is my new gospel.

Jnana, bhakti, yoga and karma – these are the four paths which lead to spiritual freedom. One must follow the path for which one is best suited. But in this age, special stress should be laid on karma yoga.

Music is the highest art and to those who understand, is the highest worship.

Women will work out their destinies – much better, too, than men can ever do for them. All the mischief to women has come because men undertook to shape the destiny of women.

If there is one word that you find coming out like a bomb from the Upanishads, bursting like a bombshell upon masses of ignorance, it is the word “fearlessness.”

It is only by doing good to others that one attains to one’s own good.