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“They alone live, who live for others.”

Swami Vivekananda

“Arise, awake and Stop not till the Goal is Reached.”

Swami Vivekananda

Pearls of Wisdom
Source: Meditation and Its Methods According to Swami Vivekananda

“All love is expansion, all selfishness is contraction. Love is therefore the only law of life. He who loves lives, he who is selfish is dying. Therefore love for love's sake, because it is the only law of life, just as you breathe to live.”

Swami Vivekananda

Source: Letters of Swami Vivekananda

“You cannot believe in God until you believe in yourself.”

Swami Vivekananda

Pearls of Wisdom

“Feel nothing, know nothing, do nothing, have nothing, give up all to God, and say utterly, 'Thy will be done.' We only dream this bondage. Wake up and let it go.”

Swami Vivekananda

“Was there ever a more horrible blasphemy than the statement that all the knowledge of God is confined to this or that book? How dare men call God infinite, and yet try to compress Him within the covers of a little book!”

Swami Vivekananda

Source: Raja-Yoga

“Each work has to pass through these stages—ridicule, opposition, and then acceptance. Those who think ahead of their time are sure to be misunderstood.”

Swami Vivekananda

Pearls of Wisdom

“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.”

Swami Vivekananda

Pearls of Wisdom
Variant: Who makes us ignorant? We ourselves. We put our hands over our eyes and weep that it is dark.

“Take Risks in Your Life If u Win, U Can Lead! If u Lose, U Can Guide!”

Swami Vivekananda

Source: Raja-Yoga

“Shri Ramakrishna use to say, "As Long as I Live, so long do I learn". That man or that society which has nothing to learn is already in the jaws of death.”

Swami Vivekananda

“Desire, ignorance, and inequality—this is the trinity of bondage.”

Swami Vivekananda

Pearls of Wisdom

“Where can we go to find God if we cannot see Him in our own hearts and in every living being?”

Swami Vivekananda

Pearls of Wisdom

“Education is the manifestation of perfection present already in man. Religion is the manifestation of the divinity already in man.”

Swami Vivekananda

Pearls of Wisdom

“How often does a man ruin his disciples by remaining always with them! When men are once trained, it is essential that their leader leave them, for without his absence they cannot develop themselves. Plants always remain small under a big tree.”

Swami Vivekananda

“It is the cheerful mind that is persevering. It is the strong mind that hews its way through a thousand difficulties.”

Swami Vivekananda

Pearls of Wisdom

“The brain and muscles must develop simultaneously. Iron nerves with an intelligent brain — and the whole world is at your feet.”

Swami Vivekananda

“Astrology and all these mystical things are generally signs of a weak mind; therefore as soon as they are becoming prominent in our minds, we should see a physician, take good food, and rest.”

Swami Vivekananda

Pearls of Wisdom

“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.”

Swami Vivekananda

Pearls of Wisdom