Here are 100 famous quotes by Swami Vivekananda

"Arise, awake, and stop not until the goal is reached."

"All power is within you; you can do anything and everything. Believe in that."

"Talk to yourself once in a day, otherwise, you may miss meeting an excellent person in this world."

"Stand up, be bold, and take the blame on your own shoulders. Do not go about throwing mud at others; for all the faults you suffer from, you are the sole and only cause."

"You cannot believe in God until you believe in yourself."

"In a day, when you don't come across any problems, you can be sure that you are traveling on the wrong path."

"Strength is life, weakness is death."

"Conquer yourself and the whole universe is yours."

"The greatest religion is to be true to your own nature. Have faith in yourselves."

"Do not wait for anybody or anything. Do whatever you can, build your hope on none."

"You have to grow from the inside out. None can teach you, none can make you spiritual. There is no other teacher but your own soul."

"The moment I have realized God sitting in the temple of every human body, the moment I stand in reverence before every human being and see God in him—that moment I am free from bondage, everything that binds vanishes, and I am free."

"The goal of mankind is knowledge. Now this knowledge is inherent in man. No knowledge comes from outside: it is all inside. What we say a man 'knows,' should, in strict psychological language, be what he 'discovers' or 'unveils'; what man 'learns' is really what he 'discovers,' by taking the cover off his own soul, which is a mine of infinite knowledge."

"Take up one idea. Make that one idea your life; dream of it; think of it; live on that idea. Let the brain, the body, muscles, nerves, every part of your body be full of that idea, and just leave every other idea alone. This is the way to success."

"You have to go through certain things. You have to learn your lessons, live your life. You have to make mistakes before you learn the secret of life."

"Anything that makes weak—physically, intellectually, and spiritually—reject it as poison."

"Purity, patience, and perseverance are the three essentials to success, and above all, love."

"The world is the great gymnasium where we come to make ourselves strong."

"Take risks in your life. If you win, you can lead; if you lose, you can guide."

"Whatever you think, that you will be. If you think yourself weak, weak you will be; if you think yourself strong, strong you will be."

"Fill the brain with high thoughts, highest ideals, place them day and night before you, and out of that will come great work."

"Our duty is to encourage everyone in his struggle to live up to his own highest idea, and strive at the same time to make the ideal as near as possible to the Truth."

"The moment I have realized God sitting in the temple of every human body, the moment I stand in reverence before every human being and see God in him—that moment I am free from bondage, everything that binds vanishes, and I am free."

"The more we come out and do good to others, the more our hearts will be purified, and God will be in them."

"The fire that warms us can also consume us; it is not the fault of the fire."

"The greatest sin is to think yourself weak."

"Do not figure out big plans at first, but begin slowly, feel your ground, and proceed up and up."

"The world is ready to give up its secrets if we only know how to knock, how to give it the necessary blow."

"All love is expansion; all selfishness is contraction. Love is, therefore, the only law of life. He who loves lives, he who is selfish is dying. Therefore love for love's sake, because it is law of life, just as you breathe to live."

"It is the cheerful mind that is persevering. It is the strong mind that hews its way through a thousand difficulties."

"That man has reached immortality who is disturbed by nothing material."

"Have faith in yourselves, and stand upon that faith and be strong."

"Education is the manifestation of the perfection already in man."

"The greatest help to spiritual life is meditation. In meditation, we divest ourselves of all material conditions and feel our divine nature."

"Never think yourself weak. Stand up and express the divinity within you."

"The first sign that you are becoming religious is that you are becoming cheerful."

"Be a hero. Always say, 'I have no fear.' Tell this to everyone

—'Have no fear.'"

"Do not wait for anybody or anything. Do whatever you can, build your hope on none."

"You cannot believe in God until you believe in yourself."

"Every step I take in light is mine forever."

"Man is to become divine by realizing the divine. Idols or temples or churches or books are only the supports, the help of his spiritual childhood."

"The only bond there is, is the bond of love."

"Meditation can turn fools into sages but unfortunately, fools never meditate."

"The greatest truth must be recognition that in Him we live and move and have our being."

"If you think yourselves weak, weak you will be; if you think yourselves strong, strong you will be."

"We are ever free if we would only believe it, only have faith enough. You are the soul, free and eternal, ever free, ever blessed. Have faith enough, and you will be free in a minute."

"The mind is the greatest friend, and the mind is the worst enemy."

"Our duty is to encourage everyone in his struggle to live up to his own highest idea, and strive at the same time to make the ideal as near as possible to the Truth."

"He who struggles is better than he who never attempts."

"The brain and muscles must develop simultaneously. Iron nerves with an intelligent brain—and the whole world is at your feet."

"Anything that makes you weak physically, intellectually, and spiritually, reject as poison."

"Neither seek nor avoid; take what comes. It is liberty to be affected by nothing. Do not merely endure; be unattached."

"Comfort is no test of truth. Truth is often far from being comfortable."

"A few heart-whole, sincere, and energetic men and women can do more in a year than a mob in a century."

"To devote your life to the good of all and to the happiness of all is religion."

"Purity, patience, and perseverance are the three essentials to success, and above all, love."

"Let us be brave. Know the truth and practice the truth. The goal may be distant, but awake, arise, and stop not until the goal is reached."

"The only way to get rid of the limitations is to form the opposite habit."

"All knowledge that the world has ever received comes from the mind."

"Never mind failures; they are quite natural. They are the beauty of life—these failures."

"Even the greatest fool can accomplish a task if it were after his or her heart. But the intelligent ones are those who can convert every work into one that suits their taste."

"If the mind is intensely eager, everything can be accomplished—mountains can be crumbled into atoms."

"The power of the mind is like the rays of the sun, when they are concentrated they illumine."

"As long as you have a body, be thankful to God and try to realize Him."

"The world is the great gymnasium where we come to make ourselves strong."

"Do not wait for anybody or anything. Do whatever you can, build your hope on none."

"In a conflict between the heart and the brain, follow your heart."

"Comfort is no test of truth. Truth is often far from being comfortable."

"Perfection does not come from belief or faith. Talk does not count for anything. Parrots can do that. Perfection comes through self-discipline and self-control."

"This life is a hard fact; work your way through it boldly, though it may be adamantine; no matter, the soul is stronger."

"The greatest religion is to be true to your own nature. Have faith in yourselves."

"If you think yourselves strong, strong you will be."

"If you think yourselves weak, weak you will be."

"If you want to have life, you have to die every moment for it. Life and death are only different expressions of the same thing looked at from different standpoints; they are the falling and the rising of the same wave, and the two form one whole."

"The land where humanity has attained its highest towards gentleness, towards generosity, towards purity, towards calmness—it is India."

"The only solution of all the problems in India is the reorganizing of society based on equality, keeping the control of the nation's resources and of the well-being of all classes of the people in the hands of the people at large."

"Strength is life, weakness is death."

"It is the cheerful mind that is persevering. It is the strong mind that hews its way through a thousand difficulties."

"The whole secret of existence is to have no fear. Never fear what will become of you; depend on no one. Only the moment you reject all help are you free."

"The will is not free—it is a phenomenon bound by cause and effect—but there is something behind the will which is free."

"The cause of all misery and all the trouble we see in the world is ignorance."

"When an idea exclusively occupies the mind, it is transformed into an actual physical or mental state."

"God is to be worshipped as the one beloved, dearer than everything in this and the next life."

"Those who work at a thing heart and soul not only achieve success in it but through their absorption in that they also realize the supreme truth—Brahman. Those who work at a thing with their whole heart receive help from God."

"He who desires to worship God must worship man."

"You cannot believe in God until you believe in yourself."

"That man has reached immortality who is disturbed by nothing material."

"Each work has to pass through these stages—ridicule, opposition, and then acceptance. Those who think ahead of their time are sure to be misunderstood."

"This is the great lesson that we are here to learn through myriads of births and heavens and hells—that there is nothing to be asked for, desired for, beyond one's spiritual self."

"He is an atheist who does not believe in himself. The old religions said that he was an atheist who did not believe in God. The new religion says that he is an atheist who does not believe in himself."

"It is the cheerful mind that is persevering. It is the strong mind that hews its way through a thousand difficulties."

"The power of the mind is like the rays of the sun when they are concentrated—they illumine. How a lens can burn a piece of paper; so the concentrated mind can do anything."

"The mind is but the subtle part of the body. You must retain great strength in your mind and words."

"A few heart-whole, sincere, and energetic men and women can do more in a year than a mob in a century."

"Comfort is no test of truth. Truth is often far from being comfortable."

"All love is expansion; all selfishness is contraction. Love is, therefore, the only law of life. He who loves lives, he who is selfish is dying. Therefore, love for love's sake, because it is the law of life, just as you breathe to live."

"The greatest religion is to be true to your own nature. Have faith in yourselves."

"He who struggles is better than he who never attempts."

"As long as you have faith in your own cause and an unconquerable will to win, victory will not be denied to you."

"Take up one idea, make that one idea your life. Think of it, dream of it, live on that idea. Let the brain, muscles, nerves, and every part of your body be full of that idea, and just leave every other idea alone. This is the way to success."

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