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Swami Vivekananda

Swami Vivekananda

Country India
Born Monday, 12 January 1863
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Quotes 176

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One of the greatest philosophers and divine teachers in India, he was a follower of Swami Ramkrishna Paramahansa. Vivekananda revitalised Hinduism within and outside India. He was the principal reason behind the enthusiastic reception of yoga, transcendental meditation and other forms of Indian spiritual self-improvement in the West

Quotes by Swami Vivekananda

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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. Uncategorized
Learning and wisdom are superfluities, the surface glitter merely, but it is the heart that is the seat of all power. Uncategorized
Those who grumble at the little thing that has fallen to their lot to do will grumble at everything. Always grumbling they will lead a miserable life…. But those who do their duty putting their shoulder to the wheel will see the light, and higher and higher duties will fall to their share. Uncategorized
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. Uncategorized
Great work requires great and persistent effort for a long time. … Character has to be established through a thousand stumbles. Uncategorized
Are great things ever done smoothly? Time, patience, and indomitable will must show. Uncategorized
We reap what we sow. We are the makers of our own fate. None else has the blame, none has the praise. Uncategorized
Every action that helps us manifest our divine nature more and more is good; every action that retards it is evil. Uncategorized
We must have friendship for all; we must be merciful toward those that are in misery; when people are happy, we ought to be happy; and to the wicked we must be indifferent. These attitudes will make the mind peaceful. Uncategorized
Desire, ignorance, and inequality—this is the trinity of bondage. Uncategorized
Who makes us ignorant? We ourselves. We put our hands over our eyes and weep that it is dark. Uncategorized
Fill the brain with high thoughts, highest ideals, place them day and night before you, and out of that will come great work. Uncategorized
We have to go back to philosophy to treat things as they are. We are suffering from our own karma. It is not the fault of God. What we do is our own fault, nothing else. Why should God be blamed? Uncategorized
God is merciful to those whom He sees struggling heart and soul for realization. But remain idle, without any struggle, and you will see that His grace will never come. Uncategorized
What the world wants is character. The world is in need of those whose life is one burning love, selfless. That love will make every word tell like a thunderbolt. Uncategorized
First get rid of the delusion “I am the body”, then only will we want real knowledge. Uncategorized
All that is real in me is God; all that is real in God is I. The gulf between God and me is thus bridged. Thus by knowing God, we find that the kingdom of heaven is within us. Uncategorized
There is one thing to be remembered: that the assertion—I am God—cannot be made with regard to the sense-world. Uncategorized
As long as we believe ourselves to be even the least different from God, fear remains with us; but when we know ourselves to be the One, fear goes; of what can we be afraid? Uncategorized
Why are people so afraid? The answer is that they have made themselves helpless and dependent on others. We are so lazy, we do not want to do anything ourselves. We want a Personal God, a Savior or a Prophet to do everything for us. Uncategorized

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