Man is the highest being in creation, because he attains to freedom. Swami Vivekananda More Quotes by Swami Vivekananda More Quotes From Swami Vivekananda To be good and to do good-that is the whole of religion. Swami Vivekananda be-goodwhole YOU know, I may have to be born again, you see, I have fallen in love with mankind. Swami Vivekananda born-againmaylove Christ said, "I and my father are one", and you repeat it. Yet it has not helped mankind. For nineteen hundred years men have not understood that saying. They make Christ the saviour of men. He is God and we are worms! Swami Vivekananda menfatherjesus Get up, and set your shoulder to the wheel - How long is this life for? As you have come into this world, leave some mark behind. Otherwise, where is the difference between you and the trees and stones? They too come into existence, decay and die. Swami Vivekananda differencesinspirationallife Nothing else is necessary but these - love, sincerity, and patience. Swami Vivekananda sincerityperseverancepatience We came to enjoy; we are being enjoyed. We came to rule; we are being ruled. We came to work; we are being worked. All the time, we find that. And this comes into every detail of our life. Swami Vivekananda detailsenjoyinspiring Books are infinite in number and time is short. The secret of knowledge is to take what is essential. Take that and try to live up to it. Swami Vivekananda secretnumbersbook All power is within you. Believe in that,do not believe that you are weak... Stand up and express the Divinity within you. Swami Vivekananda divinitymotivationalbelieve If you intend to study the mind, you must have systematic training; you must practice to bring the mind under your control. Swami Vivekananda trainingpracticemind God is always God, but the views which people and nations may take of him vary. No higher view is known than that of love. Swami Vivekananda viewslovepeople My bones are destined to make corals in the Ganga. Swami Vivekananda destinedbones The seeker's silence is the loudest form of prayer. Swami Vivekananda formsilenceprayer It is the duty of all to support and side with Dharma. All must fight and support Dharma regardless of their personality, background, status. Swami Vivekananda supportfightingpersonality Meditate upon the Om that is in the heart. Swami Vivekananda heart Feel nothing, know nothing, do nothing, have nothing, give up all to God, and say utterly, 'Thy will be done.' We only dream this bondage. Wake up and let it go. Swami Vivekananda let-it-gogiving-updream In the world take always the position of the giver. Give everything and look for no return. Give love, give help, give service, give any little thing you can, but keep out barter. Make no conditions and none will be imposed on you. Let us give out of our own bounty, just as God gives to us. Swami Vivekananda givinglooksworld When once you consider an action, do not let anything dissuade you. Consult your heart, not others, and then follow its dictates. Swami Vivekananda actionheart Had I lived in Palestine, in the days of Jesus of Nazareth, I would have washed his feet, not with my tears, but with my heart's blood! Swami Vivekananda heartbloodjesus “Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.” This sentence alone would save mankind, if all books and prophets were lost. This purity of heart will bring the vision of God. It is the theme of the whole music of this universe. In purity is no bondage. Remove the veils of ignorance by purity; then we manifest ourselves as we really are and know that we were never in bondage. The seeing of 'many' is the great sin of all the world. See all as Self and love all; let all idea of separateness go. Swami Vivekananda blessedbookjesus This is the secret of spiritual life: to think that I am the Atman and not the body, and that the whole of this universe with all its relations, with all its good and all its evil, is but as a series of paintings...scenes on a canvas...of which I am the witness. Swami Vivekananda spiritualevilthinking
