1,842 Quotes by Swami Vivekananda

One link in a chain explains the infinite chain.

So we find that in almost every religion these are the three primary things which we have in the worship of God forms or symbols , names, God-men. All religions have these, but you find that they want to fight with each other...These are the external forms of devotion, through which man has to pass; but if he is sincere , if he really wants to reach the truth , he goes higher than these, to a plane where forms are as nothing.

Books are only made so that they may point the way to a higher life; but no good results unless the path is trodden with unflinching steps!

The will is not free - it is a phenomenon bound by cause and effect - but there is something behind the will which is free.

Even the least work done for others awakens the power within.

Hindus believe Buddha to be an Avatara.

In a difficulty in the company of the central and the instigator, be successful your central.

He who knows even how to prepare a smoke properly, knows also how to meditate. And he who cannot cook well cannot be a perfect sannyasin. Unless cooking is performed with a pure mind and concentration, the food is not palatable.

These practices - non-killing, truthfulness, non-stealing, chastity, and non-receiving - are to be practised by every man, woman, and child; by every soul, irrespective of nation, country, or position.