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Man cannot always think of matter, however pleasurable it may be.

Man cannot always think of matter, however pleasurable it may be.

Swami Vivekananda
Men, Thinking, May
Swami Vivekananda (2015). “Jnana Yoga: The Yoga of Knowledge”, p.8, editionNEXT.com

May the Lord ordain that your son becomes a man, and never a coward!

Swami Vivekananda
Son, Men, Coward
Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.3372, Manonmani Publishers

"Face the brutes." That is a lesson for all life-face the terrible, face it boldly. Like the monkeys, the hardships of life fall back when we cease to flee before them.

Swami Vivekananda
Inspirational, Motivational, Inspiring
Swami Vivekananda, Swami Adiswarananda (2006). “Vivekananda, World Teacher: His Teachings on the Spiritual Unity of Humankind”, p.78, SkyLight Paths Publishing

Have faith that you are all, my brave lads, born to do great things! Let not the barks of puppies frighten you, no, not even the thunderbolts of heaven, but stand up and work!

Swami Vivekananda
Faith, Brave, Heaven
Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.1985, Manonmani Publishers

Ahimsa (non-killing), truthfulness, purity, mercy, and godliness are always to be kept.

Swami Vivekananda
Mercy, Killing, Purity
Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.2649, Manonmani Publishers

The way to God is the opposite to that of the world. And to few, very few, are given to have God and mammon at the same time.

Swami Vivekananda
Jesus, Opposites, Way
Swami Vivekananda (2015). “Swami Vivekananda on Himself”, p.151, Advaita Ashrama

In India, religious life forms the centre, the keynote of the whole music of national life.

Swami Vivekananda
Religious, India, Form
Swami Vivekananda (2016). “Vivekananda Reader”, p.251, Advaita Ashrama (A publication branch of Ramakrishna Math, Belur Math)

All is the Self or Brahman. The saint, the sinner, the lamb, the tiger, even the murderer, as far as they have any reality, can be nothing else, because there is nothing else.

Swami Vivekananda
Reality, Self, Saint
Swami Vivekananda (1955). “Complete Works”

You know your real nature [to be divine]. You are the king and play you are a beggar. . . . It is all fun. Know it and play. That is all there is to it. Then practice it. The whole universe is a vast play.

Swami Vivekananda
Kings, Fun, Real
Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.885, Manonmani Publishers

When we come to nonattachment, then we can understand the marvelous mystery of the universe: how it is intense activity and at the same time intense peace, how it is work every moment and rest every moment.

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

The only religion that ought to be taught is the religion of fearlessness. Either in this world or in the world of religion, it is true that fear is the sure cause of degradation and sin. It is fear that brings misery, fear that brings death, fear that breeds evil. And what causes fear? Ignorance of our own nature.

Swami Vivekananda
Motivational, Strength, Ignorance
Swami Vivekananda (2015). “Lectures from Colombo to Almora”, p.72, editionNEXT.com

Religion in India must be made as free and as easy of access as is God's air.

Swami Vivekananda
Air, India, Easy
Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.1284, Manonmani Publishers

Law is death. The more of the law in a country, the worse for the country.

Swami Vivekananda
Country, Law
Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.1412, Manonmani Publishers

External motion we call action; internal motion is human thought.

Swami Vivekananda
Action, Internals, Humans
Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.3350, Manonmani Publishers

To his enemies the householder must be a hero. Them he must resist. That is the duty of the householder. He must not sit down in a corner and weep, and talk nonsense about non-resistance. If he does not show himself a hero to his enemies he has not done his duty.

Swami Vivekananda
Hero, Enemy, Done
Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.48, Manonmani Publishers

These tremendous contradictions in our intellect, in our knowledge, yea, in all the facts of our life face us on all sides.

Swami Vivekananda
Faces, Facts, Sides
Swami Vivekananda (2015). “Jnana Yoga: The Yoga of Knowledge”, p.26, editionNEXT.com

The natural ambition of woman is through marriage to climb up, leaning upon a man; but those days are gone. You shall be great without the help of any man, just as you are.

Swami Vivekananda
Marriage, Ambition, Men
Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.1945, Manonmani Publishers

All the superior religions had their growth between the Ganga and the Euphrates.

Swami Vivekananda
Growth, Superiors
Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.445, Manonmani Publishers

When an idea exclusively occupies the mind, it is transformed into an actual physical or mental state.

Swami Vivekananda
Inspiration, Practice, Ideas

Here in this blessed land, the foundation, the backbone, the life-centre is religion and religion alone.

Swami Vivekananda
Blessed, Land, Foundation
Swami Vivekananda (2015). “Lectures from Colombo to Almora”, p.57, editionNEXT.com

Children of those ancient Aryans, through the grace of the Lord may you have the same pride, may that faith in your ancestors come into your blood, may it become a part and parcel of your lives, may it work towards the salvation of the world!

Swami Vivekananda
Motivational, Faith, Children
Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.1271, Manonmani Publishers

It is the Prana that is manifesting as motion.

Swami Vivekananda
Prana, Manifest
Swami Vivekananda (2016). “Raja Yoga: Conquering the Internal Nature”, p.23, Advaita Ashrama

Religion is not in fault.

Swami Vivekananda
Faults
Swami Vivekananda, Vivekananda Kendra (2009). “Swami Vivekananda's Rousing Call to Hindu Nation”, p.62, Vivekananda Kendra

The coward, afraid of the lash, with one hand wipes his eyes and gives with the other. Of what avail are such gifts?

Swami Vivekananda
Eye, Hands, Giving
Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.1875, Manonmani Publishers

Every individual has in himself perfection. It lies within the dark recesses of his physical being.

Swami Vivekananda
Lying, Dark, Perfection
Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.1396, Manonmani Publishers

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