Vivékánanda híres idézetei
„A világ olyan, mint egy remek edzőterem, ahol eljuthatunk önmagunk erőssé tételéig.”
Eredeti: It is a great gymnasium in which you and I, and millions of souls must come and get exercises, and make ourselves strong and perfect. Teljes szöveg (angolul) https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Complete_Works_of_Swami_Vivekananda/Volume_4/Lectures_and_Discourses/The_Claims_of_Religion
„Semmi az egész univerzumban nincs hatalma feletted, míg te magad nem engedi hatalmat fölötte.”
Eredeti: Nothing in the universe has power over you until you allow it to exercise such a power. Teljes szöveg (angolul) https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Complete_Works_of_Swami_Vivekananda/Volume_1/Karma-Yoga/Non-attachment_is_complete_self-abnegation
„Kelj fel, ébredj fel, és amíg a célt nem éred el, ne állj meg.”
Eredeti: Arise, awake and stop not till the desired end is reached. Teljes szöveg (angolul) https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Complete_Works_of_Swami_Vivekananda/Volume_3/Lectures_from_Colombo_to_Almora/Address_of_Welcome_Presented_at_Calcutta_and_Reply
„Tudom, biztosan tudom, hogy nagy dolgokat csak nagy áldozatok árán lehet megvalósítani.”
Eredeti: I know, and know for sure, that great things are done only by great sacrifices. Teljes szöveg (angolul) https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Complete_Works_of_Swami_Vivekananda/Volume_6/Epistles_-_Second_Series/LI_Dear_and_Belovedszöveg

Eredeti: To love anyone personally is bondage. Love all alike, then all desires fall off. Teljes szöveg (angolul) https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Complete_Works_of_Swami_Vivekananda/Volume_7/Inspired_Talks/Wednesday,_July_24
Vivékánanda: Idézetek angolul
Forrás: Letters of Swami Vivekananda
Pearls of Wisdom
Változat: Who makes us ignorant? We ourselves. We put our hands over our eyes and weep that it is dark.
“He is an atheist who does not believe in himself.”
The old religions said that he was an atheist who did not believe in God. The new religion says that he is an atheist who does not believe in himself.
Call to the Nation
Pearls of Wisdom
“The very reason for nature's existence is for the education of the soul.”
Forrás: Karma Yoga: the Yoga of Action