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Cowards only sin, brave men never, no, not even in mind.

Cowards only sin, brave men never, no, not even in mind.

Swami Vivekananda
Inspirational, Motivational, Men
Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.1902, Manonmani Publishers

Faith, faith, faith in ourselves, faith, faith in God, this is the secret of greatness.If you have faith in all the three hundred and thirty millions of your mythological Gods, and in all the Gods which foreigners have now and again introduced into your midst, and still have no faith in yourselves, there is no salvation for you.

Swami Vivekananda
Faith, Greatness, Secret
Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.1113, Manonmani Publishers

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
Religious, Book, Reading
Swami Vivekananda (2015). “Karma Yoga: The Yoga of Action”, p.52, Advaita Ashrama

What is marriage but the renunciation of unchastity? The savage does not marry. Man marries because he renounces.

Swami Vivekananda
Marriage, Men, Doe
Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.1646, Manonmani Publishers

Renunciation means that none can serve both God and Mammon.

Swami Vivekananda
Jesus, Mean, Renunciation
Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.3685, Manonmani Publishers

See how the Ganga flows by and what a nice building! I like this place. This is the ideal kind of place for a Math. (in Belur, West Bengal).

Swami Vivekananda
Nice, Math, Flow

"The fool, dwelling on the bank of the Ganga, digs a well for water!" Such are we! Living in the midst of God - we must go and make images.

Swami Vivekananda
Dwelling, Water, Fool
Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.3603, Manonmani Publishers

The powers of the mind should be concentrated and the mind turned back upon itself; as the darkest places reveal their secrets before the penetrating rays of the sun, so will the concentrated mind penetrate its own innermost secrets.

Swami Vivekananda
Secret, Mind, Sun
"Pearls of Wisdom". Book by Swami Vivekananda, edited by the Ramakrishna Mission, 2010.

If it is strength, go down into hell and get hold of it!

Swami Vivekananda
Hell, Ifs
Source: tamilandvedas.com

Nature grinds all of us. Keep count of the ounce of pleasure you get. In the long run, nature did her work through you, and when you die your body will make other plants grow. Yet we think all the time that we are getting pleasure ourselves. Thus the wheel goes round.

Swami Vivekananda
Running, Thinking, Long
Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.1650, Manonmani Publishers

As long as we believe ourselves to be even the least different from God, fear remains with us; but when we know ourselves to be the One, fear goes; of what can we be afraid.?

Swami Vivekananda
Motivational, Inspiring, Believe
Swami Vivekananda, Ann Myren (1993). “Living at the Source: Yoga Teachings of Vivekananda”, Shambhala Publications

Buddha taught kindness towards lower beings; and since then there has not been a sect in India that has not taught charity to all beings, even to animals. This kindness, this mercy, this charity - greater than any doctrine - are what Buddhism left to us.

Swami Vivekananda
Kindness, Buddhism, Animal
Swami Vivekananda, Swami Adiswarananda (2006). “Vivekananda, World Teacher: His Teachings on the Spiritual Unity of Humankind”, p.146, SkyLight Paths Publishing

In a day, when you don't come across any problems - you can be sure that you are travelling in a wrong path

Swami Vivekananda
Inspirational, Motivational, Path

What is the world that is to be given up? It is here. I am carrying it all with me. My own body. It is all for this body that I put my hand voluntarily upon my fellow human beings, just to keep it nice and give it a little pleasure. It is all for the body that I injure others and make mistakes.

Swami Vivekananda
Mistake, Nice, Hands

Renunciation is the background of all religious thought wherever it be, and you will always find that as this idea of renunciation lessens, the more will the senses creep into the field of religion, and spirituality will decrease in the same ratio.

Swami Vivekananda
Religious, Ideas, Ratios
Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.1589, Manonmani Publishers

It is fear that is the greatest cause of misery in the world.

Swami Vivekananda
World, Causes, Misery
Source: tamilandvedas.com

Meditative state is the highest state of existence. So long as there is desire, no real happiness can come. It is only the contemplative, witness-like study of objects that brings to us real enjoyment and happiness. The animal has its happiness in the senses, the man in his intellect, and the god in spiritual contemplation. It is only to the soul that has attained to this contemplative state that the world really becomes beautiful. To him who desires nothing, and does not mix himself up with them, the manifold changes of nature are one panorama of beauty and sublimity.

Swami Vivekananda
Beautiful, Spiritual, Real
Swami Vivekananda (2016). “Raja Yoga: Conquering the Internal Nature”, p.53, Advaita Ashrama

Give love, give help, give service, and give any little thing you can, but keep out barter.

Swami Vivekananda
Giving, Littles, Helping
Source: tamilandvedas.com

Did Buddha teach that the many was real and the ego unreal, while orthodox Hinduism regards the One as the real, and the many as unreal?" the Swami was asked. "Yes", answered the Swami. "And what Ramakrishna Paramahamsa and I have added to this is, that the Many and the One are the same Reality, perceived by the same mind at different times and in different attitudes.

Swami Vivekananda
Attitude, Real, Ego
Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.3717, Manonmani Publishers

When we suffer, it is because of our own acts; God is not to be blamed for it.

Swami Vivekananda
Suffering, Blame
Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.292, Manonmani Publishers

According to this philosophy, each man consists of three parts - the body, the internal organ or the mind, and behind that, what is called the Atman, the Self.

Swami Vivekananda
Philosophy, Men, Self
Swami Vivekananda (2015). “Jnana Yoga: The Yoga of Knowledge”, p.168, Advaita Ashrama

The root of evil is in the illusion that we are bodies. This, if any, is the original sin.

Swami Vivekananda
Roots, Evil, Body
Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.2374, Manonmani Publishers

Religion in India culminates in freedom.

Swami Vivekananda
India, Importance
Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.3683, Manonmani Publishers

Nothing is gained except by sacrifice.... Do not degrade it to the level of the brutes.... Make yourselves decent men! ... Be chaste and pure! ... There is no other way. Did Christ find any other way?

Swami Vivekananda
Jesus, Sacrifice, Men
Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.473, Manonmani Publishers

Jesus Christ was willing to admit every good man to the family of God. It is not the man who believes a certain something, but the man who does the will of the Father in heaven, who is right. On this basis-being right and doing right-the whole world can unite.

Swami Vivekananda
Jesus, Father, Believe
Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.2257, Manonmani Publishers

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