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Swami Vivekananda Quotes - Page 13

Stand as a rock; you are indestructible. You are the Self (atman), the God of the universe.

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

Anything that makes weak - physically, intellectually and spiritually, reject it as poison.

Swami Vivekananda (1904). “From Colombo to Almora: Being a Record of Swami Vivekananda's Return to India After His Mission to the West. Includes Reports of His Lectures and Replies to Addresses”

Even the least work done for others awakens the power within; even thinking the least good of others gradually instills into the heart the strength of a lion.

Swami Vivekananda, Vivekananda Kendra (2009). “Swami Vivekananda's Rousing Call to Hindu Nation”, p.66, Vivekananda Kendra

Never even attempt to disturb anyone's tendencies.

Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.3211, Manonmani Publishers

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

Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.1085, Manonmani Publishers

Let positive, strong, helpful thoughts enter into your brains from very childhood. Lay yourselves open to these thoughts, and not to weakening and paralysing ones.

Swami Vivekananda (1935). “The Complete Works of the Swami Vivekananda, Comprising All His Lectures, Addresses and Discourses Delivered in Europe, America and India: All His Writings in Prose and Poetry, Together with Translations of Those Written in Bengali and Sanskrit; Reports of His Interviews and His Replies to the Various Addresses of Welcome; His Sayings and Epistles,--private and Public--original and Translated; with an Index; Carefully Revised & Edited”

Our own selfishness makes us the most arrant cowards; our own selfishness is the great cause of fear and cowardice.

Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.1424, Manonmani Publishers

Spirituality as a science, as a study, is the greatest and healthiest exercise that the human mind can have.

Swami Vivekananda (2015). “Jnana Yoga: The Yoga of Knowledge”, p.15, Advaita Ashrama

Don't look back—forward, infinite energy, infinite enthusiasm, infinite daring, and infinite patience—then alone can great deeds be accomplished.

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