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I could not for my soul distinguish ever the distinction between religious anger and commonplace anger, religious killing and commonplace killing, religious slandering and irreligious, and so forth.

I could not for my soul distinguish ever the distinction between "religious anger" and "commonplace anger", "religious killing" and "commonplace killing", "religious slandering and irreligious", and so forth.

Swami Vivekananda
Religious, Anger, Soul
Swami Vivekananda (2015). “Swami Vivekananda on Himself”, p.156, Advaita Ashrama

The body is our enemy, and yet is our friend.

Swami Vivekananda
Enemy, Body, Human Body
Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.2213, Manonmani Publishers

This body is a combination. It is only a fiction to say that I have one body, you another, and the sun another.

Swami Vivekananda
Fiction, Body, Sun
Swami Vivekananda (2012). “Raja Yoga (Annotated Edition)”, p.119, Jazzybee Verlag

When the forces that hold it together go away, the body must fall.

Swami Vivekananda
Fall, Going Away, Together
Swami Vivekananda (2016). “Raja Yoga: Conquering the Internal Nature”, p.19, Advaita Ashrama

Doing is very good, but that comes from thinking. Little manifestations of energy through the muscles are called work. But where there is no thought, there will be no work. Fill the brain, therefore, with high thoughts, highest ideals, place them day and night before you, and out of that will come great work.

Swami Vivekananda
Night, Thinking, Brain
Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.546, Manonmani Publishers

Hinduism is the mother of all religions

Swami Vivekananda
Mother, Hinduism

All that is real in me is God; all that is real in God is I. The gulf between God and me is thus bridged. Thus by knowing God, we find that the kingdom of heaven is within us.

Swami Vivekananda
Real, Knowing, Heaven
"Pearls of Wisdom". Book by Swami Vivekananda, edited by the Ramakrishna Mission, 2010.

Those who die, merely suffering the woes of life like cats and dogs, are they men?

Swami Vivekananda
Dog, Cat, Men
Swami Vivekananda (1975). “Prabuddha Bharata: Or Awakened India”

Mankind ought to be taught that religions are but the varied expressions of THE RELIGION, which is Oneness, so that each may choose the path that suits him best.

Swami Vivekananda
Expression, Oneness, Religion
Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.2974, Manonmani Publishers

On this basic - being right and doing right the whole world can unite.

Swami Vivekananda
World, Spirituality, Whole
Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.2257, Manonmani Publishers

A changeable God would be no God.

Swami Vivekananda
Change, Would Be
Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.381, Manonmani Publishers

The more we grow in Love, Virtue and Holiness, the more we see Love, Virtue and Holiness outside.

Swami Vivekananda
Holiness, Virtue, Grows

In spirituality the Americans are very inferior to us. But their society is very superior to ours.

Swami Vivekananda
Spirituality, Inferiors, Superiors
"The Life of Vivekananda and the Universal Gospel". Book by Romain Rolland, 5th edition, p. 74, 1960.

There is really no difference between matter, mind and Spirit. They are only different phases of experiencing the One.

Swami Vivekananda
Differences, Unity, Mind
Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.2234, Manonmani Publishers

Whenever there is a conflict between the pure heart and the intellect, always side with the pure heart.

Swami Vivekananda
Heart, Sides, Conflict
Dave DeLuca, Swami Vivekananda (2006). “Pathways to Joy: The Master Vivekananda on the Four Yoga Paths to God”, p.178, New World Library

Turn thy gaze inward, wherein resides the Supreme Self.

Swami Vivekananda
Self, Inward, Turns

The highest manifestation of strength is to keep ourselves calm and on our own feet.

Swami Vivekananda
Feet, Calm, Manifestation
Swami Vivekananda (2016). “The Vedanta Philosophy: Art of living”, p.32, editionNEXT.com

This life is a tremendous assertion of freedom

Swami Vivekananda
Life Is, This Life, Assertion
Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.2250, Manonmani Publishers

My ideal, indeed, can be put into a few words, and that is: to preach unto mankind their divinity, and how to make it manifest in every movement of life.

Swami Vivekananda
Divinity, Few Words, Movement
Swami Vivekananda (2015). “Personality Development”, p.9, Advaita Ashrama

Gita and Ganga constitute the essence of Hinduism; one its theory and the other its practice.

Swami Vivekananda
Essence, Practice, Gita

Say to your own minds, "I am He, I am He". Let it ring day and night in your minds like a song, and at the point of death declare : "I am He". That is truth; the infinite strength of the world is yours.

Swami Vivekananda
Strength, Song, Night
Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.548, Manonmani Publishers

If the suns come down, and the moons crumble into dust, and systems after systems are hurled into annihilation, what is that to you? Stand as a rock; you are indestructible. You are the Self, the God of the universe. Say - "I am Existence Absolute, Bliss Absolute, Knowledge Absolute, I am He," and like a lion breaking its cage, break your chain and be free forever. What frightens you, what holds you down? Only ignorance and delusion; nothing else can bind you. You are the Pure One, the Ever-blessed.

Swami Vivekananda
Motivational, Blessed, Ignorance
Swami Vivekananda (1964). “Jnana Yoga”, p.118, Jazzybee Verlag

This is the central idea of the Gita- to be calm and steadfast in all circumstances, with one's body, mind, and soul centered at His hallowed feet!

Swami Vivekananda
Motivational, Ideas, Feet
Swami Vivekananda (1953). “Complete Works”

The world sympathizes only with strong and powerful.

Swami Vivekananda
Motivational, Strong, Powerful

What we want is muscles of iron and nerves of steel. We have wept long enough. No more weeping, but stand on your feet and be men. It is man-making theories that we want. It is man-making education all round that we want.

Swami Vivekananda
Motivational, Men, Iron
Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.1143, Manonmani Publishers

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