If you really want to judge the character of a man, look not at his great performances. Watch a man do his most common actions. Swami Vivekananda More Quotes by Swami Vivekananda More Quotes From Swami Vivekananda My countrymen should have nerves of steel, muscles of iron, and minds like thunderbolt. Swami Vivekananda ironshould-havemind Where can we go to find God if we cannot see Him in our own hearts and in every living being. Swami Vivekananda divinityifsheart Avoid excessive merriment. A mind in that state never becomes calm; it becomes fickle. Excessive merriment will always be followed by sorrow. Tears and laughter are near kin. People so often run from one extreme to the other. Swami Vivekananda laughterrunningpeople Never think there is anything impossible for the soul. . Swami Vivekananda soulimpossiblethinking The less the thought of the body, the better. For it is the body that drags us down. Swami Vivekananda human-bodydragbody The benefits of knowledge can only be realized in practice. Swami Vivekananda benefitspractice We must patiently practice every day. Swami Vivekananda practice Let there be as little materialism as possible, with the maximum of spirituality. Swami Vivekananda spiritualitymaterialismlittles Strength, strength it is that we want so much in this life, for what we call sin and sorrow have all one cause, and that is our weakness. With weakness comes ignorance, and with ignorance comes misery. Swami Vivekananda weaknesssorrowignorance There is no help for you, outside yourself; You are the creator of the universe. Swami Vivekananda cocoonshelpingmotivational Neither money pays, nor name pays, nor fame, nor learning; it is CHARACTER that cleave through adamantine walls of difference. Swami Vivekananda wallnamescharacter The devil comes in many guises-anger in the form of justice-passion in the form of duty. When it first comes, the man knows and then he forgets. Just as your pleaders' conscience; at first they know it is all Badmashi (roguery), then it is duty to their clients; at last they get hardened. Swami Vivekananda passionangermen Everything is ended if you forgive and forget. Swami Vivekananda forgive-and-forgetforgivenessforgiving True religion comes not front the teaching of men or the reading of books; it is the awakening of the spirit within us, consequent upon pure and heroic action. Swami Vivekananda readingteachingbook Do not run away, it is cowardice. Swami Vivekananda running-awaycowardrunning If a thing happens once, it can happen again. If any human being has ever realised perfection, we too can do so. If we cannot become perfect here and now, we never can in any state or heaven or condition we may imagine. Swami Vivekananda perfectmayheaven Not even the deepest sleep will give you such a rest as meditation can. The mind goes on jumping even in deepest sleep. Just those few moments in meditation your brain has almost stopped. ... You forget the body. ... You feel such pleasure in it. You become so light. This perfect rest we will get in meditation. Swami Vivekananda jumpinglightsleep Even the lowest of the low have the Atman (Soul) inside, which never dies and never is born, immortal, without beginning or end, the all pure, omnipotent and omnipresent Atman! Swami Vivekananda soulspiritualgod Anything that brings spiritual, mental, or physical weakness, touch it not with the toes of your feet. Swami Vivekananda weaknessspiritualfeet I am a Hindu, I am proud to belong to a religion which has taught the world both tolerance and universal acceptance. We believe not only in universal toleration, but we accept all religions as true. Swami Vivekananda toleranceacceptancebelieve
