Inspirational Quotes

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Swami Vivekananda Quotes

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Divine Unity Noble Deeds Spirituality May He who is the Brahman of the Hindus, the Ahura-Mazda of the Zoroastrians, the Buddha of the Buddhists, the Jehovah of the Jews, the Father in Heaven of the Christians give strength to you to carry out your noble idea.

Growth Resilience Self-Improvement Strength The world is the great gymnasium where we come to make ourselves strong.

Inner Wisdom Self-Growth Self Reliance Spirituality 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.

Achievement Motivation Perseverance Arise! Awake! and stop not until the goal is reached.

Compassion Ethics Morality Purpose Self-Improvement If money help a man to do good to others, it is of some value; but if not, it is simply a mass of evil, and the sooner it is got rid of, the better.

Detachment Immortality Inner Peace Self Mastery That man has reached immortality who is disturbed by nothing material.

Fear Freedom Independence Self Reliance The whole secret of existence is to have no fear. Never fear what will become of you, depend on no one. Only the moment you reject all help are you freed.

Unity As different streams having different sources all mingle their waters in the sea, so different tendencies, various though they appear, crooked or straight, all lead to God.

Influence Mindfulness Self-Creation Thought We are what our thoughts have made us; so take care about what you think. Words are secondary. Thoughts live; they travel far.

Beloved Devotion Eternity Worship God is to be worshipped as the one beloved, dearer than everything in this and next life.

Encouragement Ideals Personal Growth Truth Our duty is to encourage every one in his struggle to live up to his own highest idea, and strive at the same time to make the ideal as near as possible to the Truth.

Connection Oneness Unity All differences in this world are of degree, and not of kind, because oneness is the secret of everything.

Inner Power Optimism Perception Potential Self-Realization All the powers in the universe are already ours. It is we who have put our hands before our eyes and cry that it is dark.

Divinity Ideals Self-Perception In one word, this ideal is that you are divine.

Divinity in Humanity Freedom Reverence Spirituality The moment I have realized God sitting in the temple of every human body, the moment I stand in reverence before every human being and see God in him - that moment I am free from bondage, everything that binds vanishes, and I am free.

Error Inner Strength Self-Perception The Vedanta recognizes no sin it only recognizes error. And the greatest error, says the Vedanta is to say that you are weak, that you are a sinner, a miserable creature, and that you have no power and you cannot do this and that.

Compassion Connection Divinity Inner Reflection Spirituality Where can we go to find God if we cannot see Him in our own hearts and in every living being.

Concentration Mind-Body Connection Power Of Ideas Single-Mindedness Transformation When an idea exclusively occupies the mind, it is transformed into an actual physical or mental state.

Acceptance Blessing Helpfulness Non-Judgment Condemn none: if you can stretch out a helping hand, do so. If you cannot, fold your hands, bless your brothers, and let them go their own way.

Faith Self Belief Spirituality You cannot believe in God until you believe in yourself.

Determinism Free Will Inner Freedom The will is not free - it is a phenomenon bound by cause and effect - but there is something behind the will which is free.

Empowerment Self Belief Well-being If faith in ourselves had been more extensively taught and practiced, I am sure a very large portion of the evils and miseries that we have would have vanished.

Altruism Divinity Goodness Purity Spirituality The more we come out and do good to others, the more our hearts will be purified, and God will be in them.

Dedication Focus Success 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.

Potential Self Belief Strength Never think there is anything impossible for the soul. It is the greatest heresy to think so. If there is sin, this is the only sin; to say that you are weak, or others are weak.

Perspective Truth Versatility Truth can be stated in a thousand different ways, yet each one can be true.

Inner Self Nature Perception Reflection Unity External nature is only internal nature writ large.