1,842 Quotes by Swami Vivekananda

Realize all this as illusion, realize that within the illusion is the Real.

There is nothing beyond God, and the sense enjoyments are simply something through which we are passing now in the hope of getting better things.

All growth, progress, well - being, or degradation is but relative.

I think the Greeks first took astrology to India and took from the Hindus the science of astronomy and carried it back with them from Europe. Because in India you will find old altars made according to a certain geometrical plan, and certain things had to be done when the stars were in certain positions, therefore I think the Greeks gave the Hindus astrology, and the Hindus gave them astronomy.

Not one is constant, but everything is changing.

The fruit falls from the tree when it gets ripe. So wait for the time to come. Do not hurry. Moreover, no one has the right to make others miserable by his foolish acts. Wait, have patience, everything will come right in time.

beleive in yourself and the world will be at your feet

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

The sum total or Ishwara may be said to be All-good, Almighty, and Omniscient. These are obvious qualities, and need no argument to prove, from the very fact of totality.