1,842 Quotes by Swami Vivekananda

If the poor boy cannot come to education, education must go to him

I have come to this conclusion that there is only one country in the world which understands religion - it is India.

According to the Hindu way of thinking, marriage is rather a duty than a privilege.

There is no salvation for man until he sees God, realises his own soul.

We have wept enough. No more weeping, but stand on feet and be men.

This idea of body is a simple superstition. It is superstition that makes us happy or unhappy. It is superstition caused by ignorance that makes us feel heat and cold, pain and pleasure.

Our own selfishness makes us the most arrant cowards; our own selfishness is the great cause of fear and cowardice.

All these ideas such as astrology, although there may be a grain of truth in them, should be avoided.

The best guide in life is strength. In religion, as in all other matters, discard everything that weakens you, have nothing to do with it.