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You may meditate on whatever you like, but I shall meditate on the heart of a lion. That gives strength

You may meditate on whatever you like, but I shall meditate on the heart of a lion. That gives strength

Swami Vivekananda
Heart, Giving, Lions
Swami Vivekananda (1994). “Swami Vivekananda, a Hundred Years Since Chicago: A Commemorative Volume”

Work hard, be steady, and have faith in the Lord. Set to work.

Swami Vivekananda
Faith, Hard Work, Lord
Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.1929, Manonmani Publishers

BY the study of different RELIGIONS we find that in essence they are one.

Swami Vivekananda
Essence, Different, Study
Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.290, Manonmani Publishers

There is no happiness higher than what a man obtains by this attitude of non-offensiveness, to all creation.

Swami Vivekananda
Attitude, Men, Creation
Swami Vivekananda (2015). “Raja Yoga: Art of Living”, p.85, editionNEXT.com

Even the lowest of the low have the Atman (Soul) inside, which never dies and never is born, immortal, without beginning or end, the all pure, omnipotent and omnipresent Atman!

Swami Vivekananda
God, Spiritual, Soul

See Christ, then you are a Christian; all else is talk.

Swami Vivekananda
Christian, Christ

Even luxuries are arranged according to ideas and ideals, to make them reflect as much of thought-life as possible - and this is Art.

Swami Vivekananda
Art, Ideas, Luxury
Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.1683, Manonmani Publishers

In these days of intellectual awakening and steadily asserting public opinion, the holy places of the Hindus, their condition, and method of work have not escaped tile keen eye of criticism; and this city, being the holy of holies to all Hindus, has not failed to attract its full share of censure.

Swami Vivekananda
Eye, Cities, Intellectual
Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.2404, Manonmani Publishers

Those giants of old, the ancient Rishis, who never walked but strode, of whom if you were to think but for a moment you would shrivel up into a moth, they sir, had time-and you have no time!

Swami Vivekananda
Thinking, Giants, Ancient

Be not afraid of anything. You will do marvellous work. It is fear that is the great cause of misery in the world. It is fear that is the greatest of all superstitions. It is fear that is the cause of all our woes, and it is fearlessness that brings heaven even in a moment. Therefore, "arise, awake and stop not until the goal is reached.

Swami Vivekananda
Motivational, Faith, Goal
Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.1228, Manonmani Publishers

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

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

Do you know this Sanskrit Shloka: "Let those who are versed in the ethical codes praise or blame, let Lakshmi, the goddess of Fortune, come or go wherever she wisheth, let death overtake him today or after a century, the wise man never swerves from the path of rectitude." Let people praise you or blame you, let fortune smile or frown upon you, let your body fall today or after a Yuga, see that you do not deviate from the path of Truth.

Swami Vivekananda
Wise, Fall, Men

Anything that is western origin, first you verify it, then accept it. Anything that is Indian origin, first accept it, then verify it if necessary.

Swami Vivekananda
Firsts, Accepting, Verify

Stand in that reverent attitude to the whole universe, and then will come perfect non attachment.

Swami Vivekananda
Attitude, Inspiration, Attachment
Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.2206, Manonmani Publishers

The first sign that you are becoming religious is that you are becoming cheerful. When a man is gloomy, that may be dyspepsia, but it is not religion. Misery is caused by sin, and by no other cause. What business have you with clouded faces? It is terrible. If you have a clouded face, do not go out that day, shut yourself up in your room. What right have you to carry this disease out into the world?

Swami Vivekananda
Religious, Men, Cheerful
Swami Vivekananda (2011). “The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali”, p.59, Duncan Baird Publishers

Have faith in yourselves, great convictions are the mother of great deeds.

Swami Vivekananda
Mother, Deeds, Have Faith
Swami Vivekananda (1997). “Prabuddha Bharata: Or Awakened India”

When you feel gloomy, think what has been done within the last year. How, rising from nothing.

Swami Vivekananda
Patience, Perseverance, Thinking
Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.1984, Manonmani Publishers

Purity, perseverance, and energy- these three I want.

Swami Vivekananda
Patience, Perseverance, Energy
Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.2866, Manonmani Publishers

Do you have the belief in you to move on, even when the whole world is against you, with swords in their hands?

Swami Vivekananda
Motivational, Moving, Hands

Faith in ourselves will do everything. I have experienced it in my own life, and am still doing so; and as I grow older that faith is becoming stronger and stronger. 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 the atheist who does not believe in himself

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

The weak have no place here, in this life or any other life. Weakness leads to slavery. Weakness leads to all kinds of misery, physical and mental. Weakness is death.

Swami Vivekananda
Weakness, Slavery, Sith
Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.475, Manonmani Publishers

I am the thread that runs through all these pearls, and each pearl is a religion or even a sect thereof. Such are the different pearls, and God is the thread that runs through all of them; most people, however, are entirely unconscious of it.

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

He in whose mind is no anger, hatred, or envy, who never loses his balance, dies, or is born, who is he but God?

Swami Vivekananda
Anger, Envy, Hatred
Swami Vivekananda (2016). “Addresses on Bhakti Yoga: Art of living”, p.12, editionNEXT.com

There is one thing to be remembered: that the assertion 'I am God' cannot be made with regard to the sense-world.

Swami Vivekananda
Inspirational, Motivational, World
Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.2245, Manonmani Publishers

Every one wants to command, and no one wants to obey; and this is owing to the absence of that wonderful brahmacharya system of yore. First, learn to obey. The command will come by itself. Always first learn to be a servant, and then you will be fit to be a master.

Swami Vivekananda
Owing, Want, Firsts
Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.1063, Manonmani Publishers

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