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Every little bit, every atom inside the universe, is in a constant state of change and motion, but the universe as a whole is unchangeable, because motion or change is a relative thing; we can only think of something in

Every little bit, every atom inside the universe, is in a constant state of change and motion, but the universe as a whole is unchangeable, because motion or change is a relative thing; we can only think of something in motion in comparison with something which is not moving.

Swami Vivekananda
Moving, Thinking, Atoms
Swami Vivekananda (2015). “Practical Vedanta Philosophy”, p.33, editionNEXT.com

Let us work without desire for name or fame or rule over others. Let us be free from the triple bonds of lust, greed of gain, and anger. And this truth is with us!

Swami Vivekananda
Anger, Names, Greed
Swami Vivekananda (1964). “Complete Works”

Each one of us pray, day and night, for the downtrodden millions in India, who are held fast by poverty, priest craft, and tyranny - pray day and night for them. I am no meta physician, no philosopher, nay, no saint. But I am poor, I love the poor.... Let these people be your God - think of them, work for them, pray for them incessantly - the Lord will show you the way.

Swami Vivekananda
Night, Thinking, People

Rama, the ancient idol of the heroic ages, the embodiment of truth, of morality, the ideal son, the ideal husband, and above all, the ideal king, this Rama has been presented before us by the great sage Valmiki. No language can be purer, none chaster, none more beautiful, and at the same time simpler, than the language in which the great poet has depicted the life of Rama.

Swami Vivekananda
Beautiful, Kings, Husband
Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.1169, Manonmani Publishers

We must not forget that what I mean by the conquest of the world by spiritual thought is the sending out of the life-giving principles, not the hundreds of superstitions that we have been hugging to our breasts for centuries.

Swami Vivekananda
Spiritual, Mean, Giving
Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.1189, Manonmani Publishers

Man is to become divine by realizing the divine. Idols or temples, or churches or books, are only the supports, the help of his spiritual childhood.

Swami Vivekananda
Inspiring, Spiritual, Book
Swami Vivekananda (2015). “Swami Vivekanand's Chicago Speech: Swami Vivekananda’s Speech At World Parliament Of Religion, Chicago”, p.15, editionNEXT.com

This is the line of life, this is the line of growth, and this is the line of well-being in India - to follow the track of religion.

Swami Vivekananda
Track, Growth, Lines
Swami Vivekananda (2015). “Lectures from Colombo to Almora”, p.94, editionNEXT.com

Excessive attention to the minutiae of astrology is one of the superstitions which has hurt the Hindus very much.

Swami Vivekananda
Hurt, Astrology, Attention
Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.3648, Manonmani Publishers

Advaita is the only system that gives us complete control over ourselves, takes off all dependence and its associated superstitions, thus making us brave to suffer, brave to do, and in the long run, attain to absolute freedom.

Swami Vivekananda
Motivational, Running, Long

Brave, bold men, these are what we want. What we want is vigour in the blood, strength in the nerves, iron muscles and nerves of steel, not softening namby-pamby ideas.

Swami Vivekananda
Power, Men, Blood
Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.1190, Manonmani Publishers

...oneness is the secret to everything.

Swami Vivekananda
Oneness, Secret, Awareness

Cut the bondage of all worldly affections; go beyond laziness and all care as to what becomes of you.

Swami Vivekananda
Cutting, Care, Laziness
Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.3102, Manonmani Publishers

Desire can be eradicated from the roots by firmly imbibing the four attributes of: Jnan, Atmanishtha, Vairagya, Dharma and the full fledged devotion to God.

Swami Vivekananda
Roots, Desire, Four

Hindu religion does not consist in struggles and attempts to believe a certain doctrine or dogma, but in realizing not in believing, but in being and becoming.

Swami Vivekananda
Believe, Struggle, Doe
Swami Vivekananda (2015). “Swami Vivekanand's Chicago Speech: Swami Vivekananda’s Speech At World Parliament Of Religion, Chicago”, p.13, editionNEXT.com

Holy meditation helps to burn out all mental impurities.

Swami Vivekananda
Meditation, Helping, Holy
Swami Vivekananda (2015). “Meditation and Its Methods”, p.36, editionNEXT.com

Unselfishness is more paying, only people have not the patience to practice it.

Swami Vivekananda
Practice, People, Unselfishness
Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.38, Manonmani Publishers

God is present in every Jiva; there is no other God besides that. Who serves Jiva serves God indeed.

Swami Vivekananda
Motivational, Serving God
Swami Vivekananda (2015). “Swami Vivekananda on Himself”, p.279, Advaita Ashrama

Crossing over mountains, rivers, arid oceans, setting at naught, as it were, the obstacles of the distance of space and time, the blood of Indian thought has flowed, and is still flowing into the veins of other nations of the globe, whether in a distinct or in some subtle unknown way. Perhaps to us belongs the major portion of the universal ancient inheritance.

Swami Vivekananda
Distance, Ocean, Blood
Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.1794, Manonmani Publishers

To see God is the one goal. Power is not the goal.

Swami Vivekananda
Power, Goal

How has all the knowledge in the world been gained but by the concentration of the powers of the mind? The world is ready to give up its secrets if we only know how to knock, how to give it the necessary blow. The strength and force of the blow come through concentration. 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; that is the secret.

Swami Vivekananda
Giving Up, Blow, Secret
Swami Vivekananda (2016). “Raja Yoga: Conquering the Internal Nature”, p.11, Advaita Ashrama

We first observe facts, then generalise, and then draw conclusions or principles.

Swami Vivekananda
Principles, Firsts, Facts
Swami Vivekananda (2016). “Vivekananda Reader”, p.216, Advaita Ashrama (A publication branch of Ramakrishna Math, Belur Math)

This is the great fact: strength is life.

Swami Vivekananda
Facts
Source: tamilandvedas.com

There will never be a perfectly good or bad world, because the very idea is a contradiction in terms.

Swami Vivekananda
Perfectly Good, Ideas, World
Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.557, Manonmani Publishers

If superstition enters, the brain is gone.

Swami Vivekananda
Inspiring, Brain, Gone
Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.1190, Manonmani Publishers

None deserves liberty who is not ready to give liberty

Swami Vivekananda
Giving, Liberty, Ready
Swami Vivekananda (1932). “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”

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