Quotes By Swami Vivekananda

We have to keep the body in good health; we have to take care of what we eat and drink, and what we do.

God is present in every Jiva; there is no other God besides that. Who serves Jiva serves God indeed.

Fear is death, fear is sin, fear is hell, fear is unrighteousness, and fear is wrong life. All the negative thoughts and ideas that are in the world have proceeded from this evil spirit of fear.

This is the first lesson to learn: be determined not to curse anything outside, not to lay the blame upon anyone outside, but stand up, lay the blame on yourself. You will find that is always true. Get hold of yourself.

As soon as extreme attachment comes, a man loses himself, he is no more master of himself, he is a slave.

Perfection can never be attained by work.

We, we, and none else, are responsible for what we suffer. We are the effects, and we are the causes.

Christ, Buddha, and Krishna are but waves in the Ocean of Infinite Consciousness that I am!

Do not wait for anybody or anything. Do whatever you can. Build your hope on none.

Learn Everything that is Good from Others, but bring it in, and in your own way absorb it; do not become others.

The soul has neither sex, nor caste nor imperfection.

Books never make religions, but religions make books. We must not forget that. No book ever created God, but God inspired all the great books. And no book ever created a soul.

It is the calm, forgiving, equable, well-balanced mind that does the greatest amount of work.

Be Grateful to the Man you help, think of Him as God. Is it not a great privilege to be allowed to worship God by helping our fellow men?

All differences in this world are of degree, and not of kind, because oneness is the secret of everything.

Praise and blame, good and bad, even heat and cold, must be equally acceptable to us.

The mistake is that we cling to the body when it is the spirit that is really immortal.

Never talk about the faults of others, no matter how bad they may be. Nothing is ever gained by that. You never help one by talking about his fault; you do him an injury, and injure yourself as well.

Give love, give help, give service, and give any little thing you can, but keep out barter.

Be an atheist if you want, but do not believe in anything unquestioningly.