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
Lectures on Bhagavad Gita
Swâmi Vivekânanda on Râja Yoga (1899), Ch. VI : Pratyâhâra and Dhâraṇâ
Pearls of Wisdom
Pearls of Wisdom
Call to the Nation
Pearls of Wisdom
Változat: God is merciful to those whom He sees struggling heart and soul for realization. But remain idle, without any struggle, and you will see that His grace will never come.
Pearls of Wisdom
Változat: Pray all the time, read all the scriptures in the world, and worship all the gods there are... but unless you realize the Truth, there is no freedom.
“In spirituality the Americans are very inferior to us. But their society is very superior to ours”
As quoted in The life of Vivekananda and the Universal Gospel, 5th edition (1960) by Romain Rolland, p. 74