Swami Vivekananda, one of the greatest spiritual leaders of India; is credited with bringing the glory of the Hindu philosophy to the global platform. His famous speech at the World’s Parliament of Religions in Chicago, 1893 forever changed the way the world looked towards India. This Chicago speech is considered as the most effective speech given by any Indian. Vivekananda mentioned communalism, religious bigotry, and violence in his address. Swami Vivekananda founded the Ramakrishna Mission. We have curated some of his timeless quotes here which are pertinent even today.
Top 10 Inspiring Quotes of Swami Vivekananda
“The whole life is a succession of dreams. My ambition is to be a conscious dreamer, that is all.”
“When an idea exclusively occupies the mind, it is transformed into an actual physical or mental state.”
“The more we come out and do good to others, the more our hearts will be purified, and God will be in them.”
“Neither seek nor avoid, take what comes.”
“We reap what we sow. We are the makers of our own fate. None else has the blame, none has the praise.”
“So long as there is desire or want, it is a sure sign that there is imperfection. A perfect, free being cannot have any desire.”
“Purity, patience, and perseverance are the three essentials to success and above all, love.”
“Great work requires great and persistent effort for a long time. …Character has to be established through a thousand stumbles.”
“Learn everything that is good from others but bring it in, and in your own way absorb it; do not become others.”
“Ask nothing; want nothing in return. Give what you have to give; it will come back to you, but do not think of that now.”
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Top 10 Quotes for clarity
“In a conflict between the heart and the brain, follow your heart.”
“Who is helping you, don’t forget them. Who is loving you, don’t hate them. Who is believing you, don’t cheat them.”
“The greatest religion is to be true to your own nature. Have faith in yourselves.”
“I, for one, thoroughly believe that no power in the universe can withhold from anyone anything they really deserve.”
“Don’t look back – forward, infinite energy, infinite enthusiasm, infinite daring, and infinite patience – then alone can great deeds be accomplished”
“Whatever you think that you will be. If you think yourself weak, weak you will be; if you think yourself strong, you will be.”
“Anything that makes weak – physically, intellectually and spiritually, reject it as poison.”
“All power is within you; you can do anything and everything. Believe in that, do not believe that you are weak; do not believe that you are half-crazy lunatics, as most of us do nowadays. You can do anything and everything, without even the guidance of anyone. Stand up and express the divinity within you.”
“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.”
“Never think there is anything impossible for the soul. It is the greatest heresy to think so. If there is sin, this is the only sin; to say that you are weak, or others are weak.”
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