Swami Vivekananda Quotes

Swami Vivekananda, a Hindu monk, was known for his inspirational quotes and words of wisdom in philosophy and religion. He was considered as the main key in introducing of Yoga and Vedanta in western regions. He brought back and revived Hinduism in the country of India and has significant contribution India’s nationalism. A disciple of Saint Ramakrishna, Swami Vivekananda is well-known for his motivating and inspiring quotes and sayings.

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Swami Vivekananda Quotes

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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.
– Swami Vivekananda

 

We are what our thoughts have made us;
so take care about what you think.
Words are secondary.
Thoughts live; they travel far.
– Swami Vivekananda

 

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

 

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.
– Swami Vivekananda

 

All differences in this world are of degree, and not of kind,
because oneness is the secret of everything.
– Swami Vivekananda

 

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.
– Swami Vivekananda

 

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.
– Swami Vivekananda

 

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

 

First get rid of the delusion “I am the body”,
then only will we want real knowledge.
– Swami Vivekananda

 

We have to go back to philosophy to treat things as they are.
We are suffering from our own karma.
It is not the fault of God.
What we do is our own fault, nothing else.
Why should God be blamed?
– Swami Vivekananda

 

Work and worship are necessary to take away the veil,
to lift off the bondage and illusion.
– Swami Vivekananda

 

Man comes from God in the beginning,
in the middle he becomes man,
and in the end he goes back to God.
– Swami Vivekananda

 

He is an Acharya through whom the Divine Power acts.
– Swami Vivekananda

 

Despondency is not religion,
whatever else it may be.
By being pleasant always and smiling,
it takes you nearer to God,
nearer than any prayer.
– Swami Vivekananda

 

The greatest men in the world have passed away unknown.
Silently they live and silently they pass away;
and in time their thoughts find expression in Buddhas or Christs,
and it is these latter that become known to us.
– Swami Vivekananda

 

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You cannot believe in God until you believe in yourself.
– Swami Vivekananda

 

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.
– Swami Vivekananda

 

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.
– Swami Vivekananda

 

The more we come out and do good to others,
the more our hearts will be purified,
and God will be in them.
– Swami Vivekananda

 

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.
– Swami Vivekananda

 

The world is the great gymnasium where we come to make ourselves strong.
– Swami Vivekananda

 

This is the first lesson to learn:
be determined not to curse anything outside,
not to lay the blame upon anyone outside,
but stand up, lay the blame on yourself.
You will find that is always true.
Get hold of yourself.
– Swami Vivekananda

 

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

 

First, believe in the world—that there is meaning behind everything.
– Swami Vivekananda

 

Don’t look back—forward, infinite energy, infinite enthusiasm, infinite daring, and infinite patience—then alone can great deeds be accomplished
– Swami Vivekananda

 

Fill the brain with high thoughts, highest ideals, place them day and night before you, and out of that will come great work.
– Swami Vivekananda

 

We must have friendship for all;
we must be merciful toward those that are in misery;
when people are happy, we ought to be happy;
and to the wicked we must be indifferent.
These attitudes will make the mind peaceful.
– Swami Vivekananda

 

Character has to be established through a thousand stumbles.
– Swami Vivekananda

 

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

 

Whenever we attain a higher vision,
the lower vision disappears of itself.
– Swami Vivekananda

 

A few heart-whole, sincere, and energetic men and women can do more in a year than a mob in a century.
– Swami Vivekananda

 

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Swami Vivekananda quotes in Hindi

उस व्यक्ति ने अमरत्त्व प्राप्त कर लिया है, जो किसी सांसारिक वस्तु से व्याकुल नहीं होता
– Swami Vivekananda

 

हम वो हैं जो हमें हमारी सोच ने बनाया है, इसलिए इस बात का धयान रखिये कि आप क्या सोचते हैं. शब्द गौण हैं. विचार रहते हैं, वे दूर तक यात्रा करते हैं.
– Swami Vivekananda

 

जब तक आप खुद पे विश्वास नहीं करते तब तक आप भागवान पे विश्वास नहीं कर सकते.
– Swami Vivekananda

 

सत्य को हज़ार तरीकों से बताया जा सकता है, फिर भी हर एक सत्य ही होगा.
– Swami Vivekananda

 

विश्व एक व्यायामशाला है जहाँ हम खुद को मजबूत बनाने के लिए आते हैं
– Swami Vivekananda

 

इस दुनिया में सभी भेद-भाव किसी स्तर के हैं, ना कि प्रकार के, क्योंकि एकता ही सभी चीजों का रहस्य है
– Swami Vivekananda

 

हम जितना ज्यादा बाहर जायें और दूसरों का भला करें, हमारा ह्रदय उतना ही शुद्ध होगा , और परमात्मा उसमे बसेंगे.
– Swami Vivekananda

 

भगवान् की एक परम प्रिय के रूप में पूजा की जानी चाहिए , इस या अगले जीवन की सभी चीजों से बढ़कर – Swami Vivekananda

 

यदि स्वयं में विश्वास करना और अधिक विस्तार से पढाया और अभ्यास कराया गया होता , तो मुझे यकीन है कि बुराइयों और दुःख का एक बहुत बड़ा हिस्सा गायब हो गया होता .
– Swami Vivekananda

 

एक विचार लो . उस विचार को अपना जीवन बना लो – उसके बारे में सोचो उसके सपने देखो , उस विचार को जियो . अपने मस्तिष्क , मांसपेशियों , नसों , शरीर के हर हिस्से को उस विचार में डूब जाने दो , और बाकी सभी विचार को किनारे रख दो . यही सफल होने का तरीका है.
– Swami Vivekananda

 

Swami Vivekananda quotes in Tamil

 

நீ எதை நினைக்கிறாயோ அதுவாகவே ஆகிறாய். நீ உன்னைப் பலவீன்ன் என்று நினைத்தால் பலவீன்னாகவே ஆகிவிடுகிறாய். நீ உன்னை வலிமையுடையவன் என்று நினைத்தால் வலிமை படைத்த வனாகவே ஆகிவிடுவாய். – கீதை விளக்கத்தில் விவேகானந்தர்
– Swami Vivekananda

 

மனிதன் தோல்வியின் மூலமே புத்திசாலி ஆகின்றான்.
– Swami Vivekananda

 

பிறரிடமிருந்து நல்லனவற்றைக் கற்றுக் கொள்ள மறுப்பவன், இறந்தவனுக்கு ஒப்பாவான்.
– Swami Vivekananda

 

காயம்படாதவன் தான் தழும்மைக் கண்டு நகைப்பான்.
உடலிலும் மனதிலும் வலிமை இல்லாமல் போனால் ஆன்மாவை அடைய முடியாது.
– Swami Vivekananda

 

நீ உன்னைப் பலவீன்ன் என்று ஒரு போதும் சொல்லாதே. எழுந்து நில். தைரியமாக இரு. வலிமையாக இரு. பொறுப்பு முழுவதையும் உன் தோள் மீதே சுமந்து கொள்.
– Swami Vivekananda

 

சுதந்திரமானவனாக இரு. எவரிடமிருந்தும் எதையும் எதிர்பார்க்காதே. நான் உறுதியாகச் சொல்வேன். உனது கடந்து கால வாழ்க்கையை நீ பின்னோக்கித் திரும்பிப் பார்ப்பாயானால், நீ வீணாக எப்போதும் மற்றவர்களிடமிருந்து உதவியைப்பெற முயற்சி செய்த்தையும் அப்படி எதுவும் வராமற் போனதையும்தான் காண்பாய். வந்த உதவிகள் எல்லாம் உனக்குள்ளிருந்தவையாகத்தான் இருக்கும்.
– Swami Vivekananda

 

மக்களுக்கு சேவை செய்யும் தொண்டே மகேசனுக்குச் செய்யும் தொண்டு
நாத்திகனுக்கு தருமசிந்தனை இருக்கலாம். ஆனால் மதகோட்பாடு இருக்க இயலாது. மத்த்தில் நம்பிக்கை வைத்தவனுக்கு தருமசிந்தை அவசியம் இருக்க வேண்டும்.
– Swami Vivekananda

 

Swami Vivekananda quotes in Telugu

 

Swami Vivekananda quotes in Marathi

 

चांगल्या जीवनाचे रहस्य मजा करण्यात नसून, अनुभवातुन शिकण्यात आहे. -स्वामी विवेकानंद.
– Swami Vivekananda

देव कुठे शोधणार ? जर तो तुम्हाला आपल्या हृदयात व जिवंत प्राण्यात दिसत नसेल तर तो कुठेही भेटणार नाही. -स्वामी विवेकानंद.
– Swami Vivekananda

सत्य हजार प्रकारे सांगता येते, तरीही ते सत्यच असते. -स्वामी विवेकानंद.
– Swami Vivekananda

तुमच्या पुराणांमधून वर्णिलेल्या तेहतीस कोटी देवांवर तुमची श्रद्धा असेल. पण तुमची स्वत:वर जर श्रद्धा नसेल, तर तुम्हाला मुक्ती मिळणार नाही. त्यासाठी स्वत:वर श्रद्धा ठेवा आणि शक्तिशाली व्हा. – स्वामी विवेकानंद.
– Swami Vivekananda

कुणाची निंदा करु नका. कोणाला मदत करु शकत असाल तर मदत करा अन्यथा हात जोडून त्यांच्यासाठी प्रार्थना करा व त्यांना त्यांच्या मार्गाने जाऊ द्या. – स्वामी विवेकानंद.
– Swami Vivekananda

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If superstition enters, the brain is gone.
– Swami Vivekananda

Superstition is our great enemy, but bigotry is worse.
– Swami Vivekananda

A tremendous stream is flowing toward the ocean,
carrying us all along with it;
and though like straws and scraps of paper we may at times float aimlessly about,
in the long run we are sure to join the Ocean of Life and Bliss.
– Swami Vivekananda

God is self-evident, impersonal, omniscient,
the Knower and the Master of nature, the Lord of all.
He is behind all worship and it is being done according to Him,
whether we know it or not.
– Swami Vivekananda

As soon as you know the voice and understand what it is,
the whole scene changes.
The same world which was the ghastly battlefield of maya
is now changed into something good and beautiful.
– Swami Vivekananda

Delusion will vanish as the light becomes more and more effulgent,
load after load of ignorance will vanish,
and then will come a time when all else has disappeared and the sun alone shines.
– Swami Vivekananda

Come out into the broad light of day,
come out from the little narrow paths,
for how can the infinite soul rest content to live and die in small ruts?
– Swami Vivekananda

Come out into the universe of Light.
Everything in the universe is yours, stretch out your arms and embrace it with love.
If you every felt you wanted to do that, you have felt God.

This is no world. It is God Himself.
In delusion we call it world.
– Swami Vivekananda

Understanding human nature is the highest knowledge,
and only by knowing it can we know God.
It is also a fact that the knowledge of God is the highest knowledge,
and only by knowing God can we understand human nature.
– Swami Vivekananda

This is the great lesson that we are here to learn
through myriads of births and heavens and hells—
that there is nothing to be asked for, desired for,
beyond one’s spiritual Self (atman).
– Swami Vivekananda

Perfection does not come from belief or faith.
Talk does not count for anything.
Parrots can do that.
Perfection comes through selfless work.
– Swami Vivekananda

Strength is the sign of vigor, the sign of life,
the sign of hope, the sign of health, and the sign of everything that is good.
As long as the body lives,
there must be strength in the body,
strength in the mind, strength in the hand.
– Swami Vivekananda

Impurity is a mere superimposition under
which your real nature has become hidden.
But the real you is already perfect, already strong.
– Swami Vivekananda

If you want to have life,
you have to die every moment for it.
Life and death are only different expressions of the same thing
looked at from different standpoints;
they are the falling and the rising of the same wave,
and the two form one whole.
– 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

Religion as a science, as a study,
Is the greatest and healthiest exercise that the human mind can have.
– Swami Vivekananda

The varieties of religious belief are an advantage,
since all faiths are good, so far as they encourage us to lead a religious life.
The more sects there are,
The more opportunities there are for making
a successful appeal to the divine instinct in all of us.
– Swami Vivekananda

Be perfectly resigned, perfectly unconcerned;
then alone can you do any true work.
No eyes can see the real forces;
we can only see the results.
Put out self, forget it;
Just let God work, it is His business.
– Swami Vivekananda

Look upon every man, woman, and everyone as God.
You cannot help anyone, you can only serve:
Serve the children of the Lord, serve the Lord Himself,
If you have the privilege.
– Swami Vivekananda

Are you unselfish? That is the question.
If you are, you will be perfect without reading a single religious book,
without going into a single church or temple.
– Swami Vivekananda

Nature, body, mind go to death, not we.
We neither go nor come.
The man Vivekananda is in nature, is born and dies;
but the Self we see as Vivekananda is never born and never dies.
It is the eternal and unchangeable Reality.

The less passion there is, the better we work.
The calmer we are the better for us and the more the amount of work we can do.
When we let loose our feelings,
we waste so much energy, shatter our nerves, disturb our minds,
and accomplish very little work.
– Swami Vivekananda

Knowledge can only be got in one way, the way of experience;
there is no other way to know.
– Swami Vivekananda

There is no help for you outside of yourself; you are the creator of the universe.
Like the silkworm you have built a cocoon around yourself….
Burst your own cocoon and come out aw the beautiful butterfly, as the free soul.
Then alone you will see Truth.
– Swami Vivekananda

Have you got the will to surmount mountain-high obstructions?
If the whole world stands against you sword in hand,
would you still dare to do what you think is right?
– Swami Vivekananda

Purity, patience, and perseverance are the three essentials to success and, above all, love.
– Swami Vivekananda

Our first duty is not to hate ourselves,
because to advance we must have faith in ourselves first and then in God.
Those who have no faith in themselves can never have faith in God.
– Swami Vivekananda

Every individual is a center for the manifestation of a certain force.
This force has been stored up as the resultant of our previous works,
and each one of us is born with this force at our back.
– Swami Vivekananda

Why are people so afraid?
The answer is that they have made themselves helpless and dependent on others.
We are so lazy, we do not want to do anything ourselves.
We want a Personal God, a Savior or a Prophet to do everything for us.
– Swami Vivekananda

I fervently wish no misery ever came near anyone;
yet it is that alone that gives us an insight into the depths of our lives, does it not?
In our moments of anguish, gates barred forever seem to open and let in many a flood of light.
– Swami Vivekananda

Religion has no business to formulate social laws and insist on the difference between beings,
because its aim and end is to obliterate all such fictions and monstrosities.

Is there any sex-distinction in the Atman (Self)?
Out with the differentiation between man and woman—all is Atman!
Give up the identification with the body, and stand up!
– Swami Vivekananda

He whom the sages have been seeking in all these places is in our own hearts;
the voice that you heard was right, says Vedanta,
but the direction you gave to the voice was wrong.
– Swami Vivekananda

The essential thing in religion is making the heart pure;
the Kingdom of Heaven is within us, but only the pure in heart can see the King.
While we think of the world, it is only the world for us;
but let us come to it with the feeling that the world is God, and we shall have God.
– Swami Vivekananda