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Stand up and be strong! No fear. No superstition. Face the truth as it is!

Stand up and be strong! No fear. No superstition. Face the truth as it is!

Swami Vivekananda
Strong, Superstitions, Faces
Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.434, Manonmani Publishers

If you really want to judge the character of a man, look not at his great performances. Watch a man do his most common actions.

Swami Vivekananda
Character, Men, Judging
Swami Vivekananda (2015). “Personality Development”, p.21, Advaita Ashrama

Your success is not measured in terms of what all you obtained but in term of what you become, how you live and what actions you do. Upon this point reflect well and attain great happiness

Swami Vivekananda
Action, Term, Wells

You must keep a strict eye on your health; let everything else be subordinated to that.

Swami Vivekananda
Health, Eye, Strict
Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.2864, Manonmani Publishers

Whatever you think, that you will be.

Swami Vivekananda
Thinking
Swami Vivekananda (2015). “Personality Development”, p.49, Advaita Ashrama

The whole point is to discipline the mind.

Swami Vivekananda
Discipline, Mind, Whole
Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.2551, Manonmani Publishers

Say, "I can do everything ." "Even if poison of a snake is powerless if you can firmly deny it."

Swami Vivekananda
Inspirational, Motivational, Snakes

Where can we go to find God if we cannot see Him in our own hearts and in every living being.

Swami Vivekananda
Heart, Divinity, Ifs
Swami Vivekananda (2017). “Vedanta: Voice of Freedom”, p.171, Vedanta Society of St. Louis

Be Grateful to the Man you help, think of Him as God. Is it not a great privilege to be allowed to worship God by helping our fellow men?

Swami Vivekananda
Grateful, Men, Thinking
Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.76, Manonmani Publishers

Do not look back upon what has been done. Go Ahead.

Swami Vivekananda
Looks, Done, Has Beens
Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.3595, Manonmani Publishers

You yourselves are the Being you are seeking.

Swami Vivekananda
Seeking
Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.130, Manonmani Publishers

Make no conditions and none will be imposed.

Swami Vivekananda
Conditions
Source: tamilandvedas.com

We, we, and none else, are responsible for what we suffer. We are the effects, and we are the causes.

Swami Vivekananda
Suffering, Causes, Responsible
Swami Vivekananda (2015). “Lectures from Colombo to Almora”, p.31, editionNEXT.com

The history of the world is the history of a few men who had faith in themselves

Swami Vivekananda
Success, Funny Inspirational, Men
Swami Vivekananda (2015). “Personality Development”, p.49, Advaita Ashrama

Pleasure is not the goal of man, but knowledge. Pleasure and happiness comes to an end. It is a mistake to suppose that pleasure is the goal. The cause of all the miseries we have in the world is that men foolishly think pleasure to be the ideal to strive for. After a time man finds that it is not happiness, but knowledge, towards which he is going, and that both pleasure and pain are great teachers.

Swami Vivekananda
Teacher, Pain, Mistake
Swami Vivekananda (2015). “Karma Yoga: The Yoga of Action”, p.4, Advaita Ashrama

There is but one temple - the body. It is the only temple that ever existed.

Swami Vivekananda
Body, Temples, Human Body
Swami Vivekananda (1955). “Complete Works”

It is faith that makes a lion of a man.

Swami Vivekananda
Faith, Men, Lions
Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.2064, Manonmani Publishers

Fear is death, fear is sin, fear is hell, fear is unrighteousness, and 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
Inspirational, Motivational, Inspiring
"Pearls of Wisdom". Book by Swami Vivekananda, edited by the Ramakrishna Mission, 2010.

Life is called Samsara - it is the result of the conflicting forces acting upon us. Materialism says, "The voice of freedom is a delusion." Idealism says, "The voice that tells of bondage is but a dream." Vedanta says, "We are free and not free at the same time." That means that we are never free on the earthly plane, but ever free on the spiritual side. The Self is beyond both freedom and bondage. We are Brahman, we are immortal knowledge beyond the senses, we are Bliss Absolute.

Swami Vivekananda
Dream, Spiritual, Mean
Swami Vivekananda (1955). “Complete Works”

There is no limit to the power of the human mind. The more concentrated it is, the more power is brought to bear on one point

Swami Vivekananda
Inspiring, Inspiration, Practice
Swami Vivekananda (2016). “Raja Yoga: Conquering the Internal Nature”, p.11, Advaita Ashrama

We are responsible for what we are, and whatever we wish ourselves to be, we have the power to make ourselves. If what we are now has been the result of our own past actions, it certainly follows that whatever we wish to be in the future can be produced by our present actions; so we have to know how to act.

Swami Vivekananda
Inspirational, Past, Wish
Swami Vivekananda (2015). “Karma Yoga: The Yoga of Action”, p.7, Advaita Ashrama

Books never make religions, but religions make books. We must not forget that. No book ever created God, but God inspired all the great books. And no book ever created a soul.

Swami Vivekananda
Book, Soul, Inspired
Swami Vivekananda (2017). “Vedanta: Voice of Freedom”, p.114, Vedanta Society of St. Louis

In a conflict between the heart and the brain, follow your heart.

Swami Vivekananda
Heart, Brain, Enlightening
Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.3685, Manonmani Publishers

There is no other teacher but your own soul.

Swami Vivekananda
Spiritual, Teacher, Soul
Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.2375, Manonmani Publishers

The greatest sin is to think yourself weak

Swami Vivekananda
Thinking, Sin, Weak
Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.3157, Manonmani Publishers

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