Quotes By Swami Vivekananda

The past was great no doubt, but I sincerely believe that the future will be more glorious still.

Bless people when they revile you. Think how much good they are doing by helping to stamp out the false ego.

Practice makes us what we shall be.

Why should a Man be Moral? Because this strengthens his will.

The cause of today is the effect of the past and the cause for the future.

The awakening of the soul to its bondage and its effort to stand up and assert itself - this is called life.

Man is really free, the real man cannot but be free.

Do not say we are weak; we can do anything and everything. What can we not do? Everything can be done by us; we all have the same glorious soul, let us believe in it.

Faith is not belief, it is the grasp on the Ultimate, an illumination.

All progression is in the relative world.

Service to man is service to god.

The cheerful mind perseveres and the strong mind hews its way through a thousand difficulties.

Though an atom is invisible, unthinkable, yet in it are the whole power and potency of the universe.

Through practice comes Yoga, through Yoga comes knowledge, through knowledge love, and through love bliss.

The road to salvation is through truth.

Never say any man is hopeless, because he only represents a character, a bundle of habits, which can be checked by new and better ones. Character is repeated habits, and repeated habits alone can reform character.

Even luxuries are arranged according to ideas and ideals, to make them reflect as much of thought-life as possible - and this is Art.

If faith in ourselves had been more extensively taught and practiced, I am sure a very large portion of the evils and miseries that we have would have vanished.

Take courage and work on. Patience and steady work- this is the only way.

Dare to be free, dare to go as far as your thought leads, and dare to carry that out in your life.