1,842 Quotes by Swami Vivekananda

Whether dualistic, qualified monistic, or monistic, they all firmly believe that everything is in the soul itself; it has only to come out and manifest itself. Therefore, this shraddha is what I want, and what all of us here want, this faith in ourselves, and before you is the great task to get that faith. Give up the awful disease that is creeping, into our national blood, that idea of ridiculing everything, that loss of seriousness. Give that up. Be strong and have this shraddha, and everything else is bound to follow.

When I asked god for peace, he showed me how to help others.

You must keep a strict eye on your health; let everything else be subordinated to that.

One point of difference between Hinduism and other religions is that in Hinduism we pass from truth to truth-from a lower truth to a higher truth-and never from error to truth.

To the Indian mind there is nothing higher than religious ideals, that this is the keynote of Indian life.

As soon as we identify ourselves with the work we do, we feel miserable; but if we do not identify ourselves with it, we do not feel that misery.

If you have knowledge and see a man weak, do not condemn him. Go to his level and help him if you can. He must grow.

Marriage or non-marriage, good or evil, learning or ignorance, any of these is justified, if it leads to the goal.

Evil company is always to be shunned; because it leads to lust and anger, illusion, forgetfulness of the goal, destruction of the will (lack of perseverance), and destruction of everything. (Narada Bhakti Sutra)