Man stands in materialism; you and I are materialists. Our talking about God and Spirit is good; but it is simply the vogue in our society to talk thus: we have learnt it parrot-like and repeat it. Swami Vivekananda More Quotes by Swami Vivekananda More Quotes From Swami Vivekananda You cannot believe in God until you believe in yourself. Swami Vivekananda godmotivationalinspirational This life is a hard fact; work your way through it boldly, though it may be adamantine; no matter, the soul is stronger. Swami Vivekananda soulmotivationalinspirational Whatever you are doing, put your whole mind on it. If you are shooting, your mind should be only on the target. Then you will never miss. If you are learning your lessons, think only of the lesson. In India boys and girls are taught to do this. Swami Vivekananda girlboysthinking This world is nothing. It is at best only a hideous caricature, a shadow of the Real. We must go to the Real. Renunciation will take us to It. Renunciation is the very basis of our true life; every moment of goodness and real life that we enjoy is when we do not think of ourselves. Swami Vivekananda true-liferealthinking The sky never changes: it is the cloud that is changing. Swami Vivekananda changeskyclouds The brain and muscles must develop simultaneously. Iron nerves with an intelligent brain — and the whole world is at your feet. Swami Vivekananda ironintelligentinspiring We can have no conception of God higher than man, so our God is man, and man is God. Swami Vivekananda conceptionhighermen Fool indeed is he, who, living on the banks of the Ganga, digs a little well for water. Fool indeed is the man who, coming to a mine of diamonds, begins to search for glass beads. Swami Vivekananda glasseswatermen I hate this world, this dream, this horrible nightmare, with its churches and chicaneries, its books and blackguardisms, its fair faces and false hearts, its howling righteousness on the surface and utter hollowness beneath and, above all, its sanctified shopkeeping! Swami Vivekananda hatedreambook You have to grow from the inside out. None can teach you, none can make you spiritual. There is no other teacher but your own soul. Swami Vivekananda spiritualmotivationalinspirational The Gita is like a bouquet composed of the beautiful flowers of spiritual truths collected from the Upanishads. Swami Vivekananda flowerspiritualbeautiful Good works are continually being undone by the tons of hatred and anger which are being poured out on the world. Swami Vivekananda angerhatredworld If you have knowledge and see a man weak, do not condemn him. Go to his level and help him if you can. He must grow. Swami Vivekananda levelshelpingmen He who is the servant of all is their true master. He never becomes a leader in whose love there is a consideration of high or low. He whose love knows no end and never stops to consider high or low has the whole world lying at his feet. Swami Vivekananda leaderfeetlying We are what our thoughts have made us Swami Vivekananda our-thoughtsmade Throw overboard all idea of jealousy and egotism, once for all. Come on to the practical field with tremendous energy; to work, in the fullness of strength! As to the rest, the Lord will point out the way. Swami Vivekananda egoenergyideas All truth is eternal. Truth is nobody’s property; no race, no individual can lay any exclusive claim to it. Truth is the nature of all souls. Swami Vivekananda inspiringmotivationalinspirational Some men, who begin by saying that the world is a hell, often end by saying that it is a heaven when they succeed in the practice of self-control. Swami Vivekananda practiceselfmen Just as man must have liberty to think and speak, so he must have liberty in food, dress, and marriage, and in every other thing, so long as he does not injure others. Swami Vivekananda marriagementhinking We are what our considered opinion abide through us; so put up with assiduousness about what you storage. Natter are sub-. Line live; they travel far. Swami Vivekananda storagelinesopinion
