1,842 Quotes by Swami Vivekananda

The same fire that cooks a meal for us may burn a child, and it is no fault of the fire if it does so; the difference lies in the way in which it is used.

THE Lord is great! - He will not allow me to become a hypocrite. Now let what is in come out....

The whole point is to discipline the mind.

We must travel; we must go to foreign parts. We must see how the engine of society works in other countries, and keep free and open communication with what is going on in the minds of other nations, if we really want to be a nation again.

The root of evil is in the illusion that we are bodies. This, if any, is the original sin.

Faith, faith, faith in ourselves, faith, faith in God, this is the secret of greatness.If you have faith in all the three hundred and thirty millions of your mythological Gods, and in all the Gods which foreigners have now and again introduced into your midst, and still have no faith in yourselves, there is no salvation for you.

Change is always subjective.

Christians are always wanting God to give them something. They appear as beggars before the throne of the Almighty.

Truth, purity, and unselfishness wherever these are present, there is no power below or above the sun to crush the possessor thereof. Equipped with these, one individual is able to face the whole universe in opposition.