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Above all, beware of compromises. I do not mean that you are to get into antagonism with anybody, but you have to hold on to your own principles in weal or woe and never adjust them to others fads thought the greed of

Above all, beware of compromises. I do not mean that you are to get into antagonism with anybody, but you have to hold on to your own principles in weal or woe and never adjust them to others "fads" thought the greed of getting supporters.

Swami Vivekananda
Motivational, Mean, Greed
Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.1678, Manonmani Publishers

God is true. The universe is a dream. Blessed am I that I know this moment that I have been and shall be free all eternity; ... that I know that I am worshiping only myself; that no nature, no delusion, had any hold on me. Vanish nature from me, vanish these gods; vanish worship; ... vanish superstitions, for I know myself. I am the Infinite. All these - Mrs. So-and-so, Mr. So-and-so, responsibility, happiness, misery - have vanished. I am the Infinite. How can there be death for me, or birth? Whom shall I fear? I am the One. Shall I be afraid of myself? Who is to be afraid of whom?

Swami Vivekananda
Motivational, Dream, Blessed

A nation is not to be judged by its weaklings called the wicked, as they are only the weeds which lag behind, but by the good, the noble, and the pure, who indicate the national life current flowing clear and vigorous.

Swami Vivekananda
Motivational, Weed, Wicked
Swami Vivekananda (2015). “Swami Vivekananda on Himself”, p.137, Advaita Ashrama

Buddha and Christ were second-rate heroes. The greatest men that ever live pass away unknown. They put forth no claims for themselves, establish no schools or systems in their name. They never create any stir but just melt down in love.

Swami Vivekananda
Hero, School, Men

Every step I take in light is mine forever.

Swami Vivekananda
Light, Forever, Steps
"Pearls of Wisdom". Book by Swami Vivekananda, edited by the Ramakrishna Mission, 2010.

Everything must be sacrificed, if necessary, for that one sentiment: universality.

Swami Vivekananda
Sentiments, Universality, Ifs
Swami Vivekananda (1963). “Complete Works”

Satisfied is no test of truth. Actuality is steadily far from idiosyncratic secure.

Swami Vivekananda
Tests, Satisfied, Secure

By doing well the duty which is nearest to us, the duty which is in our hands, we make ourselves stronger

Swami Vivekananda
Hands, Stronger, Duty
Swami Vivekananda, Vivekananda Kendra (2009). “Swami Vivekananda's Rousing Call to Hindu Nation”, p.157, Vivekananda Kendra

Give up the idea that by ruling over others you can do any good to them. But you can do just as much as you can in the case of the plant: you can supply the growing seed with the materials for the making up of its body, bringing to it the earth, the water, the air, that it wants. It will take all that it wants by its own nature, it will assimilate and grow by its own nature.

Swami Vivekananda
Giving Up, Air, Ideas
Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.1162, Manonmani Publishers

I have come to deal with principles. I have only to preach that God comes again and again, and that He came in India as Krishna, Rama, and Buddha, and that He will come again. It can almost be demonstrated that after each 500 years the world sinks, and a tremendous spiritual wave comes, and on the top of the wave is a Christ.

Swami Vivekananda
Spiritual, Jesus, Years
Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.3645, Manonmani Publishers

After so much austerity I have known that the highest truth is this: He is present in every being! These are all in manifold forms of him. There is no other God to seek for! He alone is worshipping God, who serves all beings!

Swami Vivekananda
Worship God
"Vivekananda: The Yogas and Other Works". Book by Swami Hikhilananda, p. 173, 1953.

Dâna, charity. There is no higher virtue than charity. The lowest man is he whose hand draws in, in receiving; and he is the highest man whose hand goes out in giving. The hand was made to give always. Give the last bit of bread you have even if you are starving. You will be free in a moment if you starve yourself to death by giving to another. Immediately you will be perfect, you will become God.

Swami Vivekananda
Men, Hands, Giving
Swami Vivekananda (2016). “Addresses on Bhakti Yoga: Art of living”, p.9, editionNEXT.com

Religion has become to many merely a means of doing a little charity work, just to amuse them after a hard day's labour - they get five minutes religion to amuse them. This is the danger with the liberal thought.

Swami Vivekananda
Mean, Charity, Littles
Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.4474, Manonmani Publishers

The Jivanmukta ('the living free' or one who knows) alone is able to give real love, real charity, real truth, and it is truth alone that makes us free.

Swami Vivekananda
Real, Giving, Charity
Swami Vivekananda (1964). “Complete Works”

All progress and power are already in every man; perfection is man's nature, only it is barred in and prevented from taking its proper course.

Swami Vivekananda
Men, Perfection, Progress
Swami Vivekananda (2012). “Raja Yoga (Annotated Edition)”, p.143, Jazzybee Verlag

Consciously or unconsciously, we are all striving for perfection. Every being must attain to it.

Swami Vivekananda
Perfection, Strive, Striving For Perfection
Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.311, Manonmani Publishers

Perfection is always infinite.

Swami Vivekananda
Perfection, Infinite
Swami Vivekananda (2015). “Jnana Yoga: The Yoga of Knowledge”, p.101, Advaita Ashrama

This perfection must come through the practice of holiness and love.

Swami Vivekananda
Practice, Perfection, And Love
Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.1383, Manonmani Publishers

To be more free is the goal of all our efforts, for only in perfect freedom can there be perfection.

Swami Vivekananda
Perfect, Goal, Perfection
Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.305, Manonmani Publishers

A man may be the greatest philosopher in the world but a child in RELIGION. When a man has developed a high state of spirituality he can understand that the kingdom of heaven is within him.

Swami Vivekananda
Children, Men, Heaven
Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.296, Manonmani Publishers

Infinite power of the spirit, brought to bear upon matter evolves material development, made to act upon thought evolves intellectuality, and made to act upon itself makes of man a God. First, let us be Gods, and then help other to be GOds. Be and Make. Let this be our motto.

Swami Vivekananda
Helping Others, Men, Matter
Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.1746, Manonmani Publishers

Superstition is great enemy of man but bigotry is worse.

Swami Vivekananda
Inspirational, Motivational, Men
Swami Vivekananda (2016). “Vivekananda Reader”, p.143, Advaita Ashrama (A publication branch of Ramakrishna Math, Belur Math)

Bullies are always cowards.

Swami Vivekananda
Bully, Coward, Cowardice
Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.2824, Manonmani Publishers

Cowardice is no virtue.

Swami Vivekananda
Coward, Virtue, Cowardice
Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.2044, Manonmani Publishers

Look not back. No, not even if you see the dearest and nearest cry. Look not back, but forward. We cannot stop. If we stop we die. We have either to go forward or to go backward. We have either to progress or to degenerate.

Swami Vivekananda
Inspirational, Life, Progress

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