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In this body, He resides, the Lord of souls and the King of kings.

In this body, He resides, the Lord of souls and the King of kings.

Swami Vivekananda
Kings, Soul, Body
Swami Vivekananda (1979). “Awakened India”

There is only one Soul in the Universe. There is no 'you' or 'me'; all variety is merged into the absolute unity, the one infinite existence - God.

Swami Vivekananda
Soul, Unity, Infinite
Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.4798, Manonmani Publishers

Books never make religions, but religions make books. We must not forget that. No book ever created God, but God inspired all the great books. And no book ever created a soul.

Swami Vivekananda
Book, Soul, Inspired
Swami Vivekananda (2017). “Vedanta: Voice of Freedom”, p.114, Vedanta Society of St. Louis

There is no other teacher but your own soul.

Swami Vivekananda
Spiritual, Teacher, Soul
Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.2375, 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

The awakening of the soul to its bondage and its effort to stand up and assert itself - this is called life.

Swami Vivekananda
Effort, Soul, Awakening
Dave DeLuca, Swami Vivekananda (2006). “Pathways to Joy: The Master Vivekananda on the Four Yoga Paths to God”, p.119, New World Library

All perfection is there already in the soul. But this perfection has been covered up by nature; layer after layer of nature is covering this purity of the soul.

Swami Vivekananda
Covered Up, Perfection, Soul
Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.375, Manonmani Publishers

True religion is not talk, or doctrines, or theories, nor is it sectarianism. It is the relation between soul and God. Religion does not consist in erecting temples, or building churches, or attending public worship. It is not to be found in books, or in words, or in lectures, or in organizations. Religion consists in realization. We must realize God, feel God, see God, talk to God. That is religion.

Swami Vivekananda
Book, Organization, Soul

Religion is realization; not talk, nor doctrine, nor theories however beautiful they may be. It is being and becoming, not hearing, or acknowledging; it is the whole soul becoming what it believes.

Swami Vivekananda
Beautiful, Believe, Soul
Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.820, Manonmani Publishers

There is no help for you outside of yourself; you are the creator of the universe. Like the silkworm you have built a cocoon around yourself.... Burst your own cocoon and come out as the beautiful butterfly, as the free soul. Then alone you will see Truth.

Swami Vivekananda
Beautiful, Butterfly, Soul
Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.959, Manonmani Publishers

Anything that is in space has form. Space itself has form. Either you are in space, or space is in you. The soul is beyond all space. Space is in the soul, not the soul in space.

Swami Vivekananda
Space, Soul, Form
Swami Vivekananda (1951). “Complete Works”

The soul has neither sex, nor caste nor imperfection.

Swami Vivekananda
Sex, Imperfection, Soul
Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.1752, Manonmani Publishers

Each soul is a star and all stars are set in the infinite azure, the eternal sky-the Lord.

Swami Vivekananda
Stars, Sky, Soul
Swami Vivekananda (2006). “Vivekananda, World Teacher: His Teachings on the Spiritual Unity of Humankind”, p.13, SkyLight Paths Publishing

This life is a hard fact; work your way through it boldly, though it may be adamantine; no matter, the soul is stronger.

Swami Vivekananda
Inspirational, Motivational, Soul
Swami Vivekananda (2015). “Jnana Yoga: The Yoga of Knowledge”, p.82, editionNEXT.com

Our Soul is a spark of the Divine. It is pure and perfect. Evil deeds merely obstruct our vision of the true nature of our Soul. Through good deeds we can become conscious of this perfection again.

Swami Vivekananda
Perfection, Evil, Soul

Never think there is anything impossible for the soul. .

Swami Vivekananda
Thinking, Soul, Impossible
Swami Vivekananda (2015). “Practical Vedanta Philosophy”, p.14, editionNEXT.com

The Self when it appears behind the universe is called God. The same Self when it appears behind this little universe-the body-is the soul.

Swami Vivekananda
Self, Soul, Body
Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.877, Manonmani Publishers

When the soul wants to depend upon nothing, not even upon life, that is the height of philosophy, the height of manhood.

Swami Vivekananda
Philosophy, Soul, Want
Swami Vivekananda (2016). “Vivekananda Reader”, p.81, Advaita Ashrama (A publication branch of Ramakrishna Math, Belur Math)

All who have actually attained any real religious experience never wrangle over the form in which the different religions are expressed. They know that the soul of all religions is the same and so they have no quarrel with anybody just because he or she does not speak in the same tongue.

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

The goal of mankind is knowledge ... Now this knowledge is inherent in man. No knowledge comes from outside: it is all inside. What we say a man 'knows', should, in strict psychological language, be what he 'discovers' or 'unveils'; what man 'learns' is really what he discovers by taking the cover off his own soul, which is a mine of infinite knowledge.

Swami Vivekananda
Men, Goal, Soul
Swami Vivekananda (1993). “Prabuddha Bharata: Or Awakened India”

There cannot be two almighty beings in this world. [Imagine having] two or three Gods; one will create the world, another says, "I will destroy the world." It [can] never happen. There must be one God. The soul attains to perfection; [it becomes] almost omnipotent [and] omniscient. This is the worshipper. Who is the worshipped? He, the Lord God Himself, the Omnipresent, the Omniscient, and so on. And above all, He is Love. How is [the soul] to attain this perfection? By worship.

Swami Vivekananda
Two, Perfection, Soul
Swami Vivekananda (1963). “Complete Works”

In this external world, which is full of finite things, it is impossible to see and find the Infinite. The Infinite must be sought in that alone which is infinite, and the only thing infinite about us is that which is within us, our own soul. Neither the body, nor the mind, nor even our thoughts, nor the world we see around us, is infinite.

Swami Vivekananda
Soul, Mind, World
Swami Vivekananda (2015). “Jnana Yoga: The Yoga of Knowledge”, p.103, Advaita Ashrama

Everything that we perceive around us is struggling towards freedom, from the atom to the man, from the insentient, lifeless particle of matter to the highest existence on earth, the human soul. The whole universe is in fact the result of this struggle for freedom.

Swami Vivekananda
Struggle, Men, Soul
Swami Vivekananda (2015). “Karma Yoga: The Yoga of Action”, p.64, Advaita Ashrama

The body cannot be the soul.

Swami Vivekananda
Soul, Body, Human Body

The soul ... is nameless because it is formless. It will neither go to heaven nor [to hell] any more than it will enter this glass.

Swami Vivekananda
Glasses, Heaven, Soul
Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.448, Manonmani Publishers

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