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The greatest religion is to be true to your own nature. Have faith in yourselves.

The greatest religion is to be true to your own nature. Have faith in yourselves.

Swami Vivekananda
Inspiring, Have Faith, Being True
Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.438, Manonmani Publishers

Fear is death, fear is sin, fear is hell, fear is unrighteousness, and fear is wrong life. All the negative thoughts and ideas that are in the world have proceeded from this evil spirit of fear.

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

There is no limit to the power of the human mind. The more concentrated it is, the more power is brought to bear on one point

Swami Vivekananda
Inspiring, Inspiration, Practice
Swami Vivekananda (2016). “Raja Yoga: Conquering the Internal Nature”, p.11, Advaita Ashrama

This is the first lesson to learn: be determined not to curse anything outside, not to lay the blame upon anyone outside, but stand up, lay the blame on yourself. You will find that is always true. Get hold of yourself.

Swami Vivekananda
Inspirational, Inspiring, Lessons
Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.480, Manonmani Publishers

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”

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.

Learning and wisdom are superfluities, the surface glitter merely, but it is the heart that is the seat of all power.

Swami Vivekananda
Inspirational, Motivational, Inspiring
Swami Vivekananda (1951). “Complete Works”

Our first duty is not to hate ourselves, because to advance we must have faith in ourselves first and then in God. Those who have no faith in themselves can never have faith in God.

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

The great secret of true success, of true happiness, is this: the man or woman who asks for no return, the perfectly unselfish person, is the most successful.

Swami Vivekananda
Inspiring, Inspiration, Successful

Great work requires great and persistent effort for a long time. ... Character has to be established through a thousand stumbles.

Swami Vivekananda
Inspiring, Character, Long
Swami Vivekananda (2015). “Personality Development”, p.22, Advaita Ashrama

Condemn none: if you can stretch out a helping hand, do so. If you cannot, fold your hands, bless your brothers, and let them go their own way.

Swami Vivekananda
Inspirational, Inspiring, Brother
Swami Vivekananda (2015). “Practical Vedanta”, p.9, Advaita Ashrama

Desire, ignorance, and inequality—this is the trinity of bondage.

Swami Vivekananda
Inspirational, Motivational, Inspiring
Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.3821, Manonmani Publishers

"Comfort" is no test of truth; on the contrary, truth is often far from being "comfortable".

Swami Vivekananda
Inspiring, Inspiration, Practice
"The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda".

All truth is eternal. Truth is nobody’s property; no race, no individual can lay any exclusive claim to it. Truth is the nature of all souls.

Swami Vivekananda
Inspirational, Motivational, Inspiring
Swami Vivekananda (2015). “Practical Vedanta”, p.49, Advaita Ashrama

The brain and muscles must develop simultaneously. Iron nerves with an intelligent brain — and the whole world is at your feet.

Swami Vivekananda
Inspiring, Intelligent, Iron
Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.3031, Manonmani Publishers

The will is not free - it is a phenomenon bound by cause and effect - but there is something behind the will which is free.

Swami Vivekananda
Inspiring, Karma, Past
Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.2374, Manonmani Publishers

Stand as a rock; you are indestructible. You are the Self (atman), the God of the universe.

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

All love is expansion, all selfishness is contraction. Love is therefore the only law of life. He who loves lives, he who is selfish is dying. Therefore love for love's sake, because it is the only law of life, just as you breathe to live.

Swami Vivekananda
Love, Inspiring, Selfish
Swami Vivekananda (2016). “Thoughts of Power”, p.9, Advaita Ashrama (A publication branch of Ramakrishna Math, Belur Math)

Look upon every man, woman, and everyone as God. You cannot help anyone, you can only serve: serve the children of the Lord, serve the Lord Himself, if you have the privilege.

Swami Vivekananda
Inspirational, Motivational, Inspiring
Swami Vivekananda, Ann Myren (1993). “Living at the Source: Yoga Teachings of Vivekananda”, Shambhala Publications

Was there ever a more horrible blasphemy than the statement that all the knowledge of God is confined to this or that book? How dare men call God infinite, and yet try to compress Him within the covers of a little book!

Swami Vivekananda
Inspiring, Book, Men
Swami Vivekananda (2016). “Raja Yoga: Conquering the Internal Nature”, p.53, Advaita Ashrama

The moment I have realized God sitting in the temple of every human body, the moment I stand in reverence before every human being and see God in him - that moment I am free from bondage, everything that binds vanishes, and I am free.

Swami Vivekananda
Inspiring, Sitting, Body
Swami Vivekananda, Swami Adiswarananda (2006). “Vivekananda, World Teacher: His Teachings on the Spiritual Unity of Humankind”, p.91, SkyLight Paths Publishing

We came to enjoy; we are being enjoyed. We came to rule; we are being ruled. We came to work; we are being worked. All the time, we find that. And this comes into every detail of our life.

Swami Vivekananda
Inspiring, Details, Enjoy
Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.475, Manonmani Publishers

They alone live, who live for others.

Swami Vivekananda
Inspiring, Live For Others
Swami Vivekananda (2016). “Vivekananda Reader”, p.338, Advaita Ashrama (A publication branch of Ramakrishna Math, Belur Math)

I, for one, thoroughly believe that no power in the universe can withhold from anyone anything they really deserve.

Swami Vivekananda
Motivational, Inspiring, Believe
Swami Vivekananda (2016). “Vivekananda Reader”, p.202, Advaita Ashrama (A publication branch of Ramakrishna Math, Belur Math)

This, I have seen in life - those who are overcautious about themselves fall into dangers at every step. Those who are afraid of losing honor and respect, get only disgrace; and those who are always afraid of loss, always lose.

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

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