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We reap what we sow. We are the makers of our own fate. The wind is blowing; those vessels whose sails are unfurled catch it, and go forward on their way, but those which have their sails furled do not catch the wind.

We reap what we sow. We are the makers of our own fate. The wind is blowing; those vessels whose sails are unfurled catch it, and go forward on their way, but those which have their sails furled do not catch the wind. Is that the fault of the wind?....... We make our own destiny.

Swami Vivekananda
Inspirational, Inspiring, Fate
Swami Vivekananda (1962). “What Religion is: In the Words of Swami Vivekananda”

Truth, purity, and unselfishness wherever these are present, there is no power below or above the sun to crush the possessor thereof. Equipped with these, one individual is able to face the whole universe in opposition.

Swami Vivekananda
Crush, Able, Faces
Swami Vivekananda (2016). “Vivekananda Reader”, p.202, Advaita Ashrama (A publication branch of Ramakrishna Math, Belur Math)

He who has conquered the internal nature controls the whole universe; it becomes his servant.

Swami Vivekananda
Servant, Internals, Whole
Swami Vivekananda (2016). “Raja Yoga: Conquering the Internal Nature”, p.112, Advaita Ashrama

The real man is the one Unit Existence.

Swami Vivekananda
Real, Men, Existence
Swami Vivekananda (2015). “Jnana Yoga: The Yoga of Knowledge”, p.141, editionNEXT.com

Each work has to pass through these stages—ridicule, opposition, and then acceptance. Those who think ahead of their time are sure to be misunderstood.

Swami Vivekananda
Inspiring, Acceptance, Thinking
"Pearls of Wisdom". Book by Swami Vivekananda, edited by the Ramakrishna Mission, 2010.

. . . it is difficult for Europeans to appreciate the sentiment. Other nations kill animals by wholesale and kill one another; they exist in a sea of blood. A European said that the reason why in India animals were not killed was because it was supposed that they contained the spirits of ancestors. This reason was worthy of a savage nation who are not many steps from the brute.

Swami Vivekananda
Animal, Blood, Sea
Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.3670, Manonmani Publishers

God is cruel and not cruel. He is all being and not being at the same time. Hence He is all contradictions. Nature also is nothing but a mass of contradictions.

Swami Vivekananda
Contradiction, Mass
Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.2610, Manonmani Publishers

When death is so certain, it is better to die for a good cause.

Swami Vivekananda
Causes, Certain, Dies
Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.2778, Manonmani Publishers

The organs are the horses, the mind is the rein, the intellect is the charioteer, the soul is the rider, and the body is the chariot.

Swami Vivekananda
Horse, Soul, Mind
Swami Vivekananda (2012). “Raja Yoga (Annotated Edition)”, p.103, Jazzybee Verlag

Take any path you like; follow any prophet you like; but have only that method which suits your own nature, so that you will be sure to progress.

Swami Vivekananda
Progress, Path, Suits
Swami Vivekananda (2016). “Vivekananda Reader”, p.167, Advaita Ashrama (A publication branch of Ramakrishna Math, Belur Math)

The greatest help to spiritual life is meditation. In meditation we divest ourselves of all material conditions and feel our divine nature. We do not depend upon any external help in meditation. The touch of the soul can paint the brightest color even in the dingiest places; it can cast a fragrance over the vilest thing; it can make the wicked divine-and all enmity, all selfishness is effaced.

Swami Vivekananda
Spiritual, Color, Meditation
Swami Vivekananda (2015). “Meditation and Its Methods”, p.15, editionNEXT.com

This rascal ego must be obliterated.

Swami Vivekananda
Ego, Rascals
Swami Vivekananda (1955). “Complete Works”

Mind you, there is no value in learning. You are all mistaken in learning. The only value of knowledge is in the strengthening, the disciplining, of the mind.

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

By practice men can bring even the heart under control, until it will just beat at will, slowly, or quickly, or almost stop. Nearly every part of the body can be brought under control.

Swami Vivekananda
Heart, Men, Practice
Swami Vivekananda (2014). “Raja Yoga”, p.69, Lulu Press, Inc

You know the disease, you know the remedy, only have faith.

Swami Vivekananda
Faith, Disease, Remedy
Swami Vivekananda, Vivekananda Kendra (2009). “Swami Vivekananda's Rousing Call to Hindu Nation”, p.65, Vivekananda Kendra

For one thing we may be grateful: this life is not eternal.

Swami Vivekananda
Grateful, May, Life Is

Ask nothing; want nothing in return. Give what you have to give; it will come back to you, but do not think of that now.

Swami Vivekananda
Thinking, Giving, Want
Swami Vivekananda (2015). “Personality Development”, p.38, Advaita Ashrama

To devote your life to the good of all and to the happiness of all is religion. Whatever you do for your own sake is not religion.

Swami Vivekananda
Inspirational, Motivational, Divinity
"Pearls of Wisdom". Book by Swami Vivekananda, edited by the Ramakrishna Mission, 2010.

The disciple must have great power of endurance. Bear all evil and misery without one thought of unhappiness, resistance, remedy, or retaliation. That is true endurance, and that you must acquire.

Swami Vivekananda
Evil, Endurance, Resistance
Swami Vivekananda (1964). “Complete Works”

Music alone can take you to the Highest!

Swami Vivekananda
Highest

The greatest force is derived from the power of thought. The finer the element, the more powerful it is. The silent power of thought influences people even at a distance, because mind is one as well as many. The universe is a cobweb; minds are spiders.

Swami Vivekananda
Powerful, Distance, People
Swami Vivekananda (2001). “Prabuddha Bharata: Or Awakened India”

Manushya (man) is a being with Manas (mind); and as soon as his thinking power goes, he becomes no better than an animal.

Swami Vivekananda
Animal, Men, Thinking
Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.1263, Manonmani Publishers

Learn Everything that is Good from Others, but bring it in, and in your own way absorb it; do not become others.

Swami Vivekananda
Way
Swami Vivekananda (2015). “Personality Development”, p.50, Advaita Ashrama

Fill the brain with high thoughts, highest ideals, place them day and night before you, and out of that will come great work.

Swami Vivekananda
Inspirational, Motivational, Work
Swami Vivekananda, Vivekananda Kendra (2009). “Swami Vivekananda's Rousing Call to Hindu Nation”, p.140, Vivekananda Kendra

The cheerful mind perseveres and the strong mind hews its way through a thousand difficulties.

Swami Vivekananda
Strong, Mind, Cheerful

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