1,842 Quotes by Swami Vivekananda

Arise, awake, stop not till the goal is reached.

They alone live, who live for others.

Strength is Life, Weakness is Death.Expansion is Life, Contraction is Death.Love is Life, Hatred is Death.

The greatest truths are the simplest things in the world, simple as your own existence.

Comfort is no test of truth. Truth is often far from being comfortable.

It is true that the Upanishads have this one theme before them: "कस्मिन्नु भगवो विज्ञाते सर्वमिदं विज्ञातं भवति - What is that knowing which we know everything else?

Desire can be eradicated from the roots by firmly imbibing the four attributes of: Jnan, Atmanishtha, Vairagya, Dharma and the full fledged devotion to God.

Let the mind be cheerful but calm. Never let it run into excesses, because every excess will be followed by a reaction.

You have to grow from the inside out. None can teach you, none can make you spiritual. There is no other teacher but your own soul.