If the mind is intensely eager, everything can be accomplished—mountains can be crumbled into atoms. Swami Vivekananda More Quotes by Swami Vivekananda More Quotes From Swami Vivekananda I do not care what philosophy you take up; only I am ready to prove here that throughout the whole of India, there runs a mutual and cordial string of eternal faith in the perfection of humanity, and I believe in it myself. And let that faith be spread over the whole land. Swami Vivekananda faith running philosophy The varieties of religious belief are an advantage, since all faiths are good, so far as they encourage us to lead a religious life. The more sects there are, the more opportunities there are for making a successful appeal to the divine instinct in all of us. Swami Vivekananda religious motivational inspirational Do not be afraid of a small beginning. great things come afterwards. Be courageous. Do not try to lead your brethren, but serve them. The brutal mania for leading has sunk many a great ships in the waters of life. Take care especially of that, i.e. be unselfish even unto death, and work. Swami Vivekananda water-of-life motivational inspirational Persevere on, my brave lads, We have only just begun. Never despond! Never say enough! Swami Vivekananda brave motivational inspirational Each nation has its own peculiar method of work. Some work through politics, some through social reforms, some through other lines. With us, religion is the only ground along which we can move. Swami Vivekananda reform peculiar moving Each nation has a theme: everything else is secondary. India's theme is religion. Swami Vivekananda theme importance india Here in India, it is religion that forms the very core of the national heart. It is the backbone, the bed-rock, the foundation upon which the national edifice has been built. Politics, power, and even intellect form a secondary consideration here. Religion, therefore, is the one consideration in India. Swami Vivekananda rocks bed heart Here in this blessed land, the foundation, the backbone, the life-centre is religion and religion alone. Swami Vivekananda foundation land blessed I have come to this conclusion that there is only one country in the world which understands religion - it is India. Swami Vivekananda india country world In India, religious life forms the centre, the keynote of the whole music of national life. Swami Vivekananda india form religious It is clear to us that, for good or for evil, our vitality is concentrated in our religion. You cannot change it. You cannot destroy it and put in its place another. Swami Vivekananda vitality importance evil We have seen that our vigour, our strength, nay, our national life is in our religion. Swami Vivekananda importance life-is The Buddhist tenet, "Non-killing is supreme virtue", is very good, but in trying to enforce it upon all by legislation without paying any heed to the capacities of the people at large, Buddhism has brought ruin upon India. Swami Vivekananda buddhist buddhism people The test of Ahimsa is absence of jealousy. Swami Vivekananda ahimsa tests absence These practices - non-killing, truthfulness, non-stealing, chastity, and non-receiving - are to be practised by every man, woman, and child; by every soul, irrespective of nation, country, or position. Swami Vivekananda men country children There is, however, only one idea of duty which has been universally accepted by all mankind, of all ages and sects and countries, and that has been summed up in a Sanskrit aphorism thus: "Do not injure any being; not injuring any being is virtue, injuring any being is sin." Swami Vivekananda age country ideas To his enemies the householder must be a hero. Them he must resist. That is the duty of the householder. He must not sit down in a corner and weep, and talk nonsense about non-resistance. If he does not show himself a hero to his enemies he has not done his duty. Swami Vivekananda done hero enemy According to us, there are three things in the makeup of man. There is the body, there is the mind, and there is the soul. Swami Vivekananda makeup soul men As long as a man thinks, this struggle must go on, and so long man must have some form of religion. Swami Vivekananda struggle men thinking Man has infinite power within himself, and he can realise it - he can realise himself as the one infinite Self. It can be done; but you do not believe it. You pray to God and keep your powder dry all the time. Swami Vivekananda self men believe
