The only way to study the mind is to get at facts, and then intellect will arrange them and deduce the principles. Swami Vivekananda More Quotes by Swami Vivekananda More Quotes From Swami Vivekananda Give up all desire for enjoyment in earth or heaven. Control the organs of the senses and control the mind. Bear every misery without even knowing that you are miserable. Think of nothing but spiritual freedom. Swami Vivekananda giving-upspiritualthinking Strength and manliness are virtue; weakness and cowardice are sin. Swami Vivekananda cowardweaknesssin Let us make our hearts as big as an ocean, to go beyond all the trifles of the world and see it only as a picture. We can then enjoy the world without being in any way affected by it. Swami Vivekananda oceanheartworld To many, Indian thought, Indian manners; Indian customs, Indian philosophy, Indian literature are repulsive at the first sight; but let them persevere, let them read, let them become familiar with the great principles underlying these ideas, and it is ninety-nine to one that the charm will come over them, and fascination will be the result. Slow and silent, as the gentle dew that falls in the morning, unseen and unheard yet producing a most tremendous result, has been the work of the calm, patient, all-suffering spiritual race upon the world of thought. Swami Vivekananda spiritualmorningphilosophy Oh, if only you knew yourselves! You are souls; you are Gods. If ever I feel like blaspheming, it is when I call you man. Swami Vivekananda motivationalinspirationalmen In one word, this ideal is that you are divine. Swami Vivekananda one-wordemotiondivine Beware of compromises. I do not mean that you are to get into antagonism with anybody, but you have to hold on to your own principles in weal or woe and never adjust them to others' "fads" through the greed of getting supporters. Your Âtman is the support of the universe - whose support do you stand in need of? Wait with patience and love and strength; if helpers are not ready now, they will come in time. Why should we be in a hurry? The real working force of all great work is in its almost unperceived beginnings. Swami Vivekananda supportrealmean Never allow weakness to overtake your mind. Remember Mahavira, remember the Divine Mother! And you will see that all weakness, all cowardice will vanish at once. Swami Vivekananda cowardmothermind You are the Children of God, the sharers of immortal bliss, holy and perfect beings. You divinities on earth. Come up, O lions, and shake off the delusion that you are sheep; you are souls immortal, spirits free, blest and eternal; you are not matter, you are not bodies; matter is your servant,not you the servant of matter. Swami Vivekananda perfectsheepchildren Look here — we shall all die! Bear this in mind always, and then the spirit within will wake up. Then only, meanness will vanish from you, practicality in work will come, you will get new vigour in mind and body, and those who come in contact with you will also feel that they have really got something uplifting from you. Swami Vivekananda upliftingmindlooks Man is born to conquer nature and not to follow it. Swami Vivekananda conquerbornmen Unselfishness is more paying, only people have not the patience to practice it. Swami Vivekananda unselfishnesspracticepeople Think day and night, I am of the essence of that Supreme Existence, Knowledge, Bliss-what fear and anxiety have I? This body, mind, and intellect are all transient, and That which is beyond these is myself. Swami Vivekananda essencenightthinking The way to God is the opposite to that of the world. And to few, very few, are given to have God and mammon at the same time. Swami Vivekananda oppositeswayjesus It is an irrational claim to believe in the teachings of Jesus Christ and at the same time to hold that the greater part of his teachings have no application at the present time. If you say that the reason why the powers do not follow them that believe (as Christ said they would) is because you have not faith enough and are not pure enough-that will be all right. But to say that they have no application at the present time is to be ridiculous. Swami Vivekananda teachingbelievejesus If I, as an Oriental have to worship Jesus of Nazareth, there is only one way, that is, to worship him as God and nothing else. Swami Vivekananda nazarethwayjesus Jnana, bhakti, yoga and karma - these are the four paths which lead to spiritual freedom. One must follow the path for which one is best suited. But in this age, special stress should be laid on karma yoga. Swami Vivekananda karmastressspiritual It is the hero alone, not the coward, who has liberation within his easy reach. Swami Vivekananda cowardheroeasy Be moral. Be brave. Be a heart-whole man, strictly moral, brave unto desperation. Don't bother your head with religious theories. Cowards only sin, brave men never, no, not even in mind. Swami Vivekananda religiousheartmotivational The West regards marriage as consisting in all that lies beyond the legal tie, while in India it is thought of as a bond thrown by society round two people to unite them together for all eternity. Those two must wed each other, whether they will or not, in life after life. Each acquires half of the merit of the other. And if one seems in this life to have fallen hopelessly behind, it is for the other only to wait and beat time, till he or she catches up again! Swami Vivekananda marriagetwolying
