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This world, this universe which our senses feel, or our mind thinks, is but one atom, so to say, of the Infinite, projected on to the plane of consciousness; and within that narrow limit, defined by the network of

This world, this universe which our senses feel, or our mind thinks, is but one atom, so to say, of the Infinite, projected on to the plane of consciousness; and within that narrow limit, defined by the network of consciousness, works our reason, and not beyond. Therefore, there must be some other instrument to take us beyond, and that instrument is called inspiration.

Swami Vivekananda
Inspiration, Thinking, Mind
Swami Vivekananda (2015). “Practical Vedanta Philosophy”, p.66, editionNEXT.com

Blows are what awaken us & help to break the dream. They show us the insufficiency of this world & make us long to escape, to have freedom.

Swami Vivekananda
Dream, Blow, Long
Swami Vivekananda (1953). “Complete Works”

Oh, to live even for a day in the full light of freedom, to breathe the free air of simplicity! Isn't that the highest purity?

Swami Vivekananda
Light, Air, Simplicity

To succeed, you must have tremendous perseverance, tremendous will.

Swami Vivekananda
Motivational, Perseverance, Succeed
Swami Vivekananda, Vivekananda Kendra (2009). “Swami Vivekananda's Rousing Call to Hindu Nation”, p.142, Vivekananda Kendra

It is good and very grand to conquer external nature, but grander still to conquer our internal nature.... This conquering of the inner man, understanding the secrets of the subtle workings that are within the human mind, and knowing its wonderful secrets, belong entirely to religion.

Swami Vivekananda
Men, Knowing, Understanding
Swami Vivekananda (2015). “Jnana Yoga: The Yoga of Knowledge”, p.9, editionNEXT.com

As soon as we identify ourselves with the work we do, we feel miserable; but if we do not identify ourselves with it, we do not feel that misery.

Swami Vivekananda
Attachment, Misery, Miserable
Swami Vivekananda (2015). “Karma Yoga: The Yoga of Action”, p.58, Advaita Ashrama

If you can get rid of your attachment to a single thing, you are on the way to liberation.

Swami Vivekananda
Attachment, Way, Liberation
Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.3338, Manonmani Publishers

Compared to the coward that never made the attempt, he is a hero.

Swami Vivekananda
Hero, Coward, Made
Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.1705, Manonmani Publishers

Even our smallest attempts are not in vain. We know that nothing is lost.

Swami Vivekananda
Vain, Lost, Smallest
Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Powers of The Mind”, p.21, editionNEXT.com

Life in this world is an attempt to see God.

Swami Vivekananda
World, This World
Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.3688, Manonmani Publishers

Is God to blame for what I myself have done?

Swami Vivekananda
Done, Blame
Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.4460, Manonmani Publishers

Praise and blame, good and bad, even heat and cold, must be equally acceptable to us.

Swami Vivekananda
Heat, Blame, Cold
Swami Vivekananda (1955). “Complete Works”

When the last moment arrives, praise and blame will be the same to you, to me, and to others. We are here to work, and will have to leave all when the call comes.

Swami Vivekananda
Lasts, Blame, Moments
Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.2294, Manonmani Publishers

He who conquers self conquers all.

Swami Vivekananda
Success, Self, Conquer

We have seemingly been divided, limited, because of our ignorance; and we have become as it were the little Mrs. so - and - so and Mr. so - and - so. But all nature is giving this delusion the lie every moment. I am not that little man or little woman cut off from all else; I am the one universal existence. The soul in its own majesty is rising up every moment and declaring its own intrinsic Divinity.

Swami Vivekananda
Motivational, Lying, Ignorance
Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.3605, Manonmani Publishers

Change is inherent in every form.

Swami Vivekananda
Form, Inherent
Swami Vivekananda (1926). “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”

Everything which has name and form must die. If there are heavens with forms, these heavens must vanish in course of time; they may last millions of years, but there must come a time when they will have to go.

Swami Vivekananda
Years, Names, Heaven
Swami Vivekananda (2015). “Practical Vedanta Philosophy”, p.20, editionNEXT.com

This is the work of Nâma-Rupa - name and form. Everything that has form, everything that calls up an idea in your mind, is within Maya; for everything that is bound by the laws of time, space, and causation is within Maya.

Swami Vivekananda
Law, Names, Ideas
Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.570, Manonmani Publishers

What is meant by cause? Cause is the fine state of the manifested state.

Swami Vivekananda
Causes, States, Fine
Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.861, Manonmani Publishers

All is bound by the law of causation

Swami Vivekananda
Law, Causes, Causation
Swami Vivekananda (2015). “Karma Yoga: The Yoga of Action”, p.55, Advaita Ashrama

Something cannot be made out of nothing. Nor can something be made to go back to nothing.

Swami Vivekananda
Causes, Made, Effects
Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.846, Manonmani Publishers

The cause being finite, the effect must be finite. If the cause is eternal the effect can be eternal, but all these causes, doing good work, and all other things, are only finite causes, and as such cannot produce infinite result.

Swami Vivekananda
Causes, Infinite, Good Work
Swami Vivekananda (2015). “Practical Vedanta Philosophy”, p.20, editionNEXT.com

The finer is always the cause, the grosser the effect. So the external world is the effect, the internal the cause.

Swami Vivekananda
World, Causes, Internals
Swami Vivekananda (2016). “Raja Yoga: Conquering the Internal Nature”, p.12, Advaita Ashrama

The law of Karma is the law of causation.

Swami Vivekananda
Karma, Law, Causes
Swami Vivekananda (1926). “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”

The subtle are the causes, the gross the effects.

Swami Vivekananda
Causes, Subtle, Gross
Swami Vivekananda (2015). “Raja Yoga: Art of Living”, p.7, editionNEXT.com

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