We do not depend upon any external help in meditation. Swami Vivekananda More Quotes by Swami Vivekananda More Quotes From Swami Vivekananda You see, no one can teach anybody. The teacher spoils everything by thinking that he is teaching. Thus Vedanta says that within man is all knowledge-even in a boy it is so-and it requires only an awakening, and that much is the work of a teacher. Swami Vivekananda teachingteacherboys Perfect life is a contradiction in terms. Therefore we must always expect to find things not up to our highest ideal. Knowing this, we are bound to make the best of everything. Swami Vivekananda knowinglife-isperfect Work hard, be steady, and have faith in the Lord. Set to work. Swami Vivekananda hard-worklordfaith Do not wait for anybody or anything. Do whatever you can. Build your hope on none. Swami Vivekananda waitingmotivationalinspirational Go on bravely. Do not expect success in a day or a year. Always hold on to the highest. Be steady. Avoid jealousy and selfishness. Be obedient and eternally faithful to the cause of truth, humanity, and your country, and you will move the world. Swami Vivekananda motivationalinspirationalcountry Three things are necessary to make every man great,every nation great1.Conviction of the powers of goodness.2.Absence of jealousy and suspicion.3.Helping all who are trying to be and do good. Swami Vivekananda three-thingstryingmen The power of concentration is the only key to the treasure-house of knowledge. Swami Vivekananda focuskeyshouse Only those who want nothing are masters of Nature. Swami Vivekananda masterswant There is nothing beyond God, and the sense enjoyments are simply something through which we are passing now in the hope of getting better things. Swami Vivekananda enjoymentpassingget-better Work on with the intrepidity of a lion but at the same time with the tenderness of a flower. Swami Vivekananda lionsflowertime Only by practice and non-attachment can we conquer mind. Swami Vivekananda attachmentpracticemind Great work requires great and persistent effort for a long time. ... Character has to be established through a thousand stumbles. Swami Vivekananda inspiringcharacterlong Infinite patience, infinite purity, and infinite perseverance are the secret of success in a good cause. Swami Vivekananda perseverancesecretpatience As soon as a man stands up and says he is right or his church is right, and all others are wrong, he is himself all wrong. He does not know that upon the proof of all the others depends the proof of his own. Love and charity for the whole human race, that is the test of true religiousness. I do not mean the sentimental statement that all men are brothers, but that one must feel the oneness of human life. Swami Vivekananda brothermenmean Do not look back upon what has been done. Go Ahead. Swami Vivekananda has-beensdonelooks Tremendous purity, tremendous renunciation, is the one secret of spirituality. “Neither through wealth, nor through progeny, but through renunciation alone is immortality to be reached,” say the Vedas. “Sell all that thou hast and give to poor, and follow me,” says the Christ. So all great saints and prophets have expressed it, and have carried it out in their lives. How can great spirituality come without renunciation? Swami Vivekananda vedassecretgiving The real work is in the practice. Swami Vivekananda real-workrealpractice Take up an idea, devote yourself to it, struggle on in patience, and the sun will rise for you. Swami Vivekananda strugglepatienceideas So long as even a single dog in my country is without food, my whole religion will be to feed it. Swami Vivekananda doglongcountry All power is within you; you can do anything and everything. Believe in that, do not believe that you are weak; do not believe that you are half-crazy lunatics, as most of us do nowadays. You can do anything and everything without even the guidance of any one. Swami Vivekananda within-youanything-and-everythingcan-do
