1,842 Quotes by Swami Vivekananda

This is no world. It is God Himself. In delusion we call it world.

All change is in the screen.

The forms have value only so far as they are expressions of the life within. If they have ceased to express life, crush them out without mercy.

When we let loose our feelings, we waste so much energy, shatter our nerves, disturb our minds, and accomplish very little work.

Do not run away, it is cowardice.

Man is the best mirror, and the purer the man, the more clearly he can reflect God.

Never forget that a man is made great and perfect as much by his faults as by his virtues. So we must not seek to rob a nation of its character, even if it could be proved that the character was all faults.

Materialism and all its miseries can never be conquered by materialism.

Every act of charity, every thought of sympathy, every action of help, every good deed, is taking so much of self-importance away from our little selves and making us think of ourselves as the lowest and the least, and, therefore, it is all good. Here we find that Jnâna, Bhakti, and Karma - all come to one point.