"‘Comfort’ is no test of truth; on the contrary, truth is often far from being ‘comfortable’."
Swami Vivekananda
"Strength is in goodness, in purity."
Swami Vivekananda
"To be good and to do good–that is the whole of religion."
Swami Vivekananda
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Swami Vivekananda
"Education is the manifestation of perfection already in men."
Swami Vivekananda
"See for the highest, aim at that highest, and you shall reach the highest."
Swami Vivekananda
"‘Comfort’ is no test of truth; on the contrary, truth is often far from being ‘comfortable’."
Swami Vivekananda
"‘The earth is enjoyed by heroes’-this is the unfailing truth. Be a hero. Always say, ‘I have no fear’."
Swami Vivekananda
"‘Face the brutes.’’ That is a lesson for all life-face the terrible, face it boldly."
Swami Vivekananda
"Things are not bettered, but we are bettered, by making changes in them."
Swami Vivekananda
"The only test of good things is that they make us strong."
Swami Vivekananda
"Purity, patience, and perseverance are the three essentials to success, and above all, love."
Swami Vivekananda
"Strength is in goodness, in purity."
Swami Vivekananda
"Practical patriotism means not a mere sentiment or even emotion of love of the motherland but a passion to serve our fellow-countrymen."
Swami Vivekananda
"Stand up, be bold, be strong. Take the whole responsibility on your own shoulders, and know that you are the creator of your own destiny."
Swami Vivekananda
"If the whole world stands against you sword in hand, would you still dare to do what you think is right?"
Swami Vivekananda
"Arise! Awake! And stop not till the goal is reached."
Swami Vivekananda
"To be good and to do good–that is the whole of religion."
Swami Vivekananda
"Great undertakings are always fraught with many obstacles."
Swami Vivekananda
"It is better to wear out than rust out."
Swami Vivekananda
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Swami Vivekananda
"The history of the world is the history of a few men who had faith in themselves."
Swami Vivekananda
"We must keep our dignity before others. Unless we do that, we expose ourselves to insult."
Swami Vivekananda
"Man is not travelling from error to truth, but climbing up from truth to truth, from truth that is lower to truth that is higher."
Swami Vivekananda
"When death is certain, it is best to sacrifice oneself for a good cause."
Swami Vivekananda
"Be an atheist if you want, but do not believe in anything unquestioningly."
Swami Vivekananda
"Character has to be established through a thousand stumbles."
Swami Vivekananda
"Don’t go down till you are knocked down."
Swami Vivekananda
"Everything must be sacrificed, if necessary, for that one sentiment: universality."
Swami Vivekananda
"Experience is the only teacher we have."
Swami Vivekananda
"Fear is death, fear is sin, fear is hell, fear is unrighteousness, fear is wrong life. All the negative thoughts and ideas that are in the world have proceeded from this evil spirit of fear."
Swami Vivekananda
"Give love, give help, give service, give any little thing you can, but keep out barter."
Swami Vivekananda
"If a person who lives in God becomes miserable, what is the use of living in God? What is the use of such a God? Throw such a God overboard into the Pacific Ocean. We do not want such a God!"
Swami Vivekananda
"If superstition enters, the brain is gone."
Swami Vivekananda
"If the mind is intensely eager, everything can be accomplished-mountains can be crumbled into atoms."
Swami Vivekananda
"If you really want the good of others, the whole universe may stand against you and cannot hurt you."
Swami Vivekananda
"Live for an ideal, and leave no place in the mind for anything else."
Swami Vivekananda
"May I be born again and again, and suffer thousands of miseries so that I may worship the only God that exists, the only God I believe in, the sum total of all souls–and, above all, my God the wicked, my God the miserable, my God the poor of all races, of all species, is the special object of my worship."
Swami Vivekananda
"Neither seek nor avoid; take what comes. It is liberty to be affected by nothing. Do not merely endure; be unattached."
Swami Vivekananda
"Out of purity and silence comes the word of power."
Swami Vivekananda
"So long as millions live in hunger and ignorance, I hold every person a traitor who, having been educated at their expense, pays not the least heed to them."
Swami Vivekananda
"Stand up, be bold, be strong. Take the whole responsibility on your own shoulders, and know that you are the creator of your own destiny."
Swami Vivekananda
"Strength is life, weakness is death."
Swami Vivekananda
"Take up one idea. Make that one idea your life-think of it, dream of it, live on that idea. Let the brain, muscles, nerves, every part of your body, be full of that idea, and just leave every other idea alone. This is the way to success, and this is the way great spiritual giants are produced. Others are mere talking machines."
Swami Vivekananda
"Tell the truth boldly, whether it hurts or not."
Swami Vivekananda
"The first sign that you are becoming religious is that you are becoming cheerful."
Swami Vivekananda
"The great virtues a person has are his or her especially. But their errors are the common weakness of humanity and should never be counted in estimating a person’s character."
Swami Vivekananda
"The greatest sin is to think that you are weak."
Swami Vivekananda
"The infinite library of the universe is in our own mind."
Swami Vivekananda
"The power is with the silent ones, who only live and love and then withdraw their personality."
Swami Vivekananda
"The wind of divine grace is always blowing. You just need to spread your sail."
Swami Vivekananda
"The world is ready to give up its secrets if we only know how to knock."
Swami Vivekananda
"There is no help for you outside of yourself; you are the creator of the universe."
Swami Vivekananda
"There is only one sin and it is: weakness."
Swami Vivekananda
"Those who think ahead of their time are sure to be misunderstood."
Swami Vivekananda
"To believe blindly is to degenerate the human soul."
Swami Vivekananda
"Truth does not pay homage to any society, ancient or modern. Society has to pay homage to Truth or die."
Swami Vivekananda
"Watch people do their most common actions; these are indeed the things that will tell you the real character of a great person."
Swami Vivekananda
"We can never lose what is really ours."
Swami Vivekananda
"We get misery in return for our love; not from the fact that we love, but from the fact that we want love in return."
Swami Vivekananda
"We must approach religion with reverence and with love."
Swami Vivekananda
"We must be bright and cheerful. Long faces do not make religion."
Swami Vivekananda
"Whatever is weak, avoid! It is death. If it is strength, go down into hell and get hold of it!"
Swami Vivekananda
"Whatever you believe, that you will be."
Swami Vivekananda
"When once you consider an action, do not let anything dissuade you. Consult your heart, not others, and then follow its dictates."
Swami Vivekananda
"Who makes us ignorant? We ourselves. We put our hands over our eyes and weep that it is dark."
Swami Vivekananda
"Women will work out their destinies-much better, too, than men can ever do for them."
Swami Vivekananda
"You are the God of this universe."
Swami Vivekananda
"You cannot help anyone, you can only serve"
Swami Vivekananda
"I belong as much to India as to the world, no humbug about that. I have helped you all I could. You must now help yourselves. What country has any special claim on me?"
Swami Vivekananda
"A nation is not to be judged by its weaklings called the wicked, as they are only the weeds which lag behind, but by the good, the noble, and the pure, who indicate the national life current flowing clear and vigorous."
Swami Vivekananda
"We must travel, we must go to foreign parts. We must see how the engine of society works in other countries, and keep free and open communication with what is going on in the minds of other nations, if we really want to be a nation again."
Swami Vivekananda
"I am thoroughly convinced that no individual or nation can live by holding itself apart from the community of others, and whenever such an attempt has been made under the false ideas of greatness, policy, or holiness – the result has always been disastrous to the secluding one."
Swami Vivekananda
"What the world wants is character. The world is in need of those whose life is one burning love, selfless."
Swami Vivekananda
"My ideal indeed can be put into a few words and that is: to preach unto mankind their divinity, and how to make it manifest in every movement of life."
Swami Vivekananda
"Who will give the world light? Sacrifice in the past has been the Law, it will be, alas, for ages to come. The earth’s bravest and best will have to sacrifice themselves for the good of many, for the welfare of all."
Swami Vivekananda
"The conviction has grown in my mind after all my travels in various lands that no great cause can succeed without an organisation."
Swami Vivekananda
"The next great upheaval which is to bring about a new epoch will come from Russia or China."
Swami Vivekananda
"The Christian is not to become a Hindu or a Buddhist, nor a Hindu or a Buddhist to become a Christian. But each must assimilate the spirit of the others and yet preserve his individuality and grow according to his own law of growth."
Swami Vivekananda
"If there were no fanaticism in the world, it would make much more progress than it does now."
Swami Vivekananda
