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Meditate upon the Om that is in the heart.

Meditate upon the Om that is in the heart.

Swami Vivekananda
Heart

There may be a million microbes of misery floating about us. Never mind! They dare not approach us, they have no power to get a hold on us, until the mind is weakened.

Swami Vivekananda
Mind, Floating, May
Source: tamilandvedas.com

The great lesson is, that unity is behind all. Call it God, Love, Spirit. Allah, Jehovah - it is the same unity that animates all life from the lowest animal to the noblest man.

Swami Vivekananda
Animal, Men, Diversity
Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.2154, Manonmani Publishers

We are ever free if we would only believe it, only have faith enough. You are the soul, free and eternal, ever free, ever blessed. Have faith enough and you will be free in a minute.

Swami Vivekananda
Faith, Believe, Blessed
Swami Vivekananda (1951). “Complete Works”

Self-sacrifice, not self-assertion, is the law of the highest universe.

Swami Vivekananda
Sacrifice, Self, Law
Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.2567, Manonmani Publishers

The less the thought of the body, the better. For it is the body that drags us down.

Swami Vivekananda
Body, Drag, Human Body
Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Powers of The Mind”, p.21, editionNEXT.com

Each man has a mission in life, which is the result of all his infinite past Karma.

Swami Vivekananda
Karma, Men, Past
Swami Vivekananda (2015). “Lectures from Colombo to Almora”, p.62, editionNEXT.com

Evil company is always to be shunned; because it leads to lust and anger, illusion, forgetfulness of the goal, destruction of the will (lack of perseverance), and destruction of everything. (Narada Bhakti Sutra)

Swami Vivekananda
Perseverance, Anger, Evil

"Seek ye first the kingdom of God and all good things will be added unto you." Follow God and you shall have whatever you desire.

Swami Vivekananda
Jesus, Desire, Kingdoms
Vivekananda (Swami) (1925). “Epistles”

There is no virtue higher than non-injury.

Swami Vivekananda
Virtue, Injury, Higher
Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.175, Manonmani Publishers

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

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

We do not progress from error to truth, but from truth to truth

Swami Vivekananda
Errors, Progress

The Older I grow, the more everything seems to me to lie in manliness. This is my new gospel

Swami Vivekananda
Lying, Grows, Seems
Swami Vivekananda (2016). “My Life and Mission”, p.20, Advaita Ashrama (A publication branch of Ramakrishna Math, Belur Math)

In every man and in every animal, however weak or wicked, great or small, resides the same omnipresent, omniscient soul. The difference is not in the soul, but in the manifestation. Between me and the smallest animal, the difference is only in manifestation, but as a principle he is the same as I am, he is my brother, he has the same soul as I have. This is the greatest principle that India has preached.

Swami Vivekananda
God, Brother, Animal
"Prabuddha Bharata: Or Awakened India".

My hope of the future lies in the youths of character, intelligent, renouncing all for the service of others, and obedient - good to themselves and the country at large

Swami Vivekananda
Country, Lying, Character
Swami Vivekananda, Vivekananda Kendra (2009). “Swami Vivekananda's Rousing Call to Hindu Nation”, p.165, Vivekananda Kendra

We are what our considered opinion abide through us; so put up with assiduousness about what you storage. Natter are sub-. Line live; they travel far.

Swami Vivekananda
Lines, Opinion, Storage

High achievements in art, music, etc., are the results of concentration.

Swami Vivekananda
Art, Achievement, Etc
Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Powers of The Mind”, p.15, Advaita Ashrama

We have not faith, we have not patience to see this. We trust the man in the street; but there is one being in the universe we never trust and that is God. We trust Him when He works just our way. But the time will come when, getting blow after blow, the self - sufficient mind will die. In everything we do, the serpent ego is rising up. We are glad that there are so many thorns on the path. They strike the hood of the cobra.

Swami Vivekananda
Patience, Perseverance, Blow
Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.2644, Manonmani Publishers

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.

Swami Vivekananda
Atheist, Believe, Doe
Swami Vivekananda (2015). “Practical Vedanta Philosophy”, p.10, editionNEXT.com

Perfection can never be attained by work.

Swami Vivekananda
Perfection
Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.82, Manonmani Publishers

Books suggest the inner light and the method of bringing that out, but we can only understand them when we have earned the knowledge ourselves. When the inner light has flashed for you, let the books go, and look only within. You have in you all and a thousand times more than is in all the books. Never lose faith in yourself, you can do anything in this universe. Never weaken, all power is yours.

Swami Vivekananda
Book, Light, Looks
Swami Vivekananda “My Idea of Education”, Advaita Ashrama (A publication branch of Ramakrishna Math, Belur Math)

Perfect sincerity, holiness, gigantic intellect, and all-conquering will. Let only a handful of men work with these, and the whole world will be revolutionized.

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

The Heart and core of everything here is good, that whatever may be the surface waves, deep down and underlying everything, there is an infinite basis of Goodness and Love.

Swami Vivekananda
Heart, Down And, And Love
Swami Vivekananda (2015). “Swami Vivekananda on Himself”, p.107, Advaita Ashrama

Be a hero. Always say, 'I have no fear.' Tell this to everyone - 'Have no fear.'

Swami Vivekananda
Inspirational, Motivational, Hero
"Pearls of Wisdom". Book by Swami Vivekananda, January 30, 2010.

He who asserts he is free, shall be free. He who says he is bound, bound he shall remain.

Swami Vivekananda
Bondage, Bounds
Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.2832, Manonmani Publishers

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