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It is entirely wrong to think that we have done, or can do, good to the world, or to think that we have helped such and such people. It is a foolish thought, and all foolish thoughts bring misery. We think that we have

It is entirely wrong to think that we have done, or can do, good to the world, or to think that we have helped such and such people. It is a foolish thought, and all foolish thoughts bring misery. We think that we have helped some man and expect him to thank us, and because he does not, unhappiness comes to us. Why should we expect anything in return for what we do? 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). “Karma Yoga: The Yoga of Action”, p.40, Advaita Ashrama

Jiva (individual soul) is the conscious ruler of this body, in whom the five life principles come into unity, and yet that very Jiva is the Atman, because all is Atman.

Swami Vivekananda
Soul, Unity, Principles
Swami Vivekananda (1953). “Complete Works”

There are the altars, but here is the greatest of altars, the living, conscious human body, and to worship at this altar is far higher than the worship of any dead symbols.

Swami Vivekananda
Body, Worship, Conscious
Swami Vivekananda (2015). “Practical Vedanta Philosophy”, p.18, editionNEXT.com

This is the principle of Universal Brotherhood of man with one another, with all life down to the little ants.

Swami Vivekananda
Spiritual, Men, Brotherhood Of Man

Give up bondage; become a son, be free, and then you can "see the Father", as did Jesus.

Swami Vivekananda
Jesus, Giving Up, Father
Swami Vivekananda (1953). “Complete Works”

Religion is the peculiarity of the growth of the Indian mind.

Swami Vivekananda
Growth, Mind, Importance
Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.1125, Manonmani Publishers

We know there is no progress in a straight line.

Swami Vivekananda
Progress, Lines, Knows
Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.379, Manonmani Publishers

It is the nature of the brute to remain where he is (not to progress); it is the nature of man to seek good and avoid evil; it is the nature of God to seek neither, but just to be eternally blissful. Let us be God!

Swami Vivekananda
Men, Evil, Progress
Swami Vivekananda (1963). “Selections from Swami Vivekananda”

Purusha is the; great attraction of the universe; though untouched by and unconnected with the universe, yet it attracts the whole; universe.

Swami Vivekananda
Whole, Attraction, Universe
Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.869, Manonmani Publishers

In one word, this ideal is that you are divine.

Swami Vivekananda
Emotion, Divine, One Word
Swami Vivekananda (2015). “Practical Vedanta Philosophy”, p.6, editionNEXT.com

It is an irrational claim to believe in the teachings of Jesus Christ and at the same time to hold that the greater part of his teachings have no application at the present time. If you say that the reason why the powers do not follow them that believe (as Christ said they would) is because you have not faith enough and are not pure enough-that will be all right. But to say that they have no application at the present time is to be ridiculous.

Swami Vivekananda
Jesus, Believe, Teaching
Swami Vivekananda (1963). “Complete Works”

Be not afraid , for all great power throughout the history of humanity has been with the people. From out of their ranks have come all the greatest geniuses of the world, and history can only repeat itself. Be not afraid of anything. You will do marvellous work.

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

The only way to study the mind is to get at facts, and then intellect will arrange them and deduce the principles.

Swami Vivekananda
Mind, Principles, Way
Swami Vivekananda (2016). “Vivekananda Reader”, p.212, Advaita Ashrama (A publication branch of Ramakrishna Math, Belur Math)

The first angle is, love questions not. It is not a beggar. ... When love asks nothing, [when it] gives everything. This is the real spiritual worship, the worship through love. Whether God is merciful is no longer questioned. He is God; He is my love. Whether God is omnipotent and almighty, limited or unlimited , is no longer questioned.

Swami Vivekananda
Spiritual, Real, Love Is
"The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda".

Materialism prevails in Europe today. You may pray for the salvation of the modern sceptics, but they do not yield, they want reason.

Swami Vivekananda
Yield, Europe, May
Swami Vivekananda (2015). “Jnana Yoga: The Yoga of Knowledge”, p.54, editionNEXT.com

Love for yourselves means [in the end] love for everything.

Swami Vivekananda
Mean, Ends

The West regards marriage as consisting in all that lies beyond the legal tie, while in India it is thought of as a bond thrown by society round two people to unite them together for all eternity. Those two must wed each other, whether they will or not, in life after life. Each acquires half of the merit of the other. And if one seems in this life to have fallen hopelessly behind, it is for the other only to wait and beat time, till he or she catches up again!

Swami Vivekananda
Marriage, Lying, Two
Swami Vivekananda (1964). “Complete Works”

The sum total or Ishwara may be said to be All-good, Almighty, and Omniscient. These are obvious qualities, and need no argument to prove, from the very fact of totality.

Swami Vivekananda
Quality, Needs, May
Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.3880, Manonmani Publishers

Everything, both mental and physical, is rigidly bound by the law of causation.

Swami Vivekananda
Law, Causes, Causation
Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.3609, Manonmani Publishers

I have seen some astrologers who predicted wonderful things; but I have no reason to believe they predicted them only from the stars, or anything of the sort. In many cases it is simply mind-reading. Sometimes wonderful predictions are made, but in many cases it is arrant trash.

Swami Vivekananda
Stars, Believe, Reading
Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.3648, Manonmani Publishers

Free thyself from the mighty attraction- The maddening wine of love, the charm of sex. Break the harp! Forward, with the ocean's cry!. . .

Swami Vivekananda
Sex, Ocean, Wine
Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.1894, Manonmani Publishers

The guide, the guru, the leader, the teacher, has passed away; the boy, the student, the servant, is left behind.

Swami Vivekananda
Teacher, Boys, Leader
Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.3000, Manonmani Publishers

This is the ancient land, where wisdom made its home before it went into any other country... Here is the same India whose soil has been trodden by the feet of the greatest sages that ever lived... Look back, therefore, as far as you can, drink deep of the eternal fountains that are behind, and after that look forward, march forward, and make India brighter, greater, much higher, than she ever was.

Swami Vivekananda
Country, Home, Land
Source: tamilandvedas.com

The only saint is that soul that never weakens, faces everything, and determines to die game.

Swami Vivekananda
Motivational, Games, Soul
Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.434, Manonmani Publishers

According to us, there are three things in the makeup of man. There is the body, there is the mind, and there is the soul.

Swami Vivekananda
Men, Makeup, Soul
Swami Vivekananda (2016). “The East and the West: (Prachya o Paschatya)”, p.22, editionNEXT.com

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