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100 Amazing Quotes By Swami Vivekananda That Will Help You Find Answers To Your Existential Queries

Famous As: Indian Monk & Philosopher Who Introduced the Vedanta and Yoga to the Western World
Born On: January 12, 1863
Died On: July 4, 1902
Born In: Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Died At Age: 39

Swami Vivekananda, known in his pre-monastic life as Narendra Nath Datta, was an Indian Hindu monk who played a major role in the introduction of the Indian philosophies of Vedanta and Yoga to the Western world. A chief disciple of the 19th-century Indian mystic Ramakrishna, Swami Vivekananda was pivotal in the revival of Hinduism in India and contributed to the concept of nationalism in colonial India.  Inclined towards spirituality from an early age, he toured the entire Indian subcontinent as a young man. He later went to the United States where he represented India at the 1893 Parliament of the World Religions. Even though he died at the relatively young age of 39, it was not before he had conducted hundreds of public and private lectures and classes which helped to spread Indian philosophies to the Western world. This amazing collection of quotes by Swami Vivekananda will definitely enlighten you and help you in seeking answers to your existential queries.

You have to grow from the inside out. None can teach you, 
none can make you spiritual. 
There is no other teacher but your own soul.

You have to grow from the inside out. None can teach you, none can make you spiritual. There is no other teacher but your own soul.

Swami Vivekananda
In a conflict between the heart and the brain, follow your heart.

In a conflict between the heart and the brain, follow your heart.

Swami Vivekananda
In a day, when you don't come across any problems - you can be sure that you are travelling in a wrong path

In a day, when you don't come across any problems - you can be sure that you are travelling in a wrong path

Swami Vivekananda
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.

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
The greatest sin is to think yourself weak

The greatest sin is to think yourself weak

Swami Vivekananda
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
Dare to be free, dare to go as far as your thought leads, and dare to carry that out in your life.

Dare to be free, dare to go as far as your thought leads, and dare to carry that out in your life.

Swami Vivekananda
Anything that makes weak - physically, intellectually and spiritually, reject it as poison.

Anything that makes weak - physically, intellectually and spiritually, reject it as poison.

Swami Vivekananda
Be not Afraid of anything. You will do Marvelous work. it is Fearlessness that brings Heaven even in a moment.

Be not Afraid of anything. You will do Marvelous work. it is Fearlessness that brings Heaven even in a moment.

Swami Vivekananda
They alone live, who live for others.

They alone live, who live for others.

Swami Vivekananda
Arise,awake,stop not until your goal is achieved.

Arise,awake,stop not until your goal is achieved.

Swami Vivekananda
We are what our thoughts have made us; so take care about what you think. Words are secondary. Thoughts live; they travel far.

We are what our thoughts have made us; so take care about what you think. Words are secondary. Thoughts live; they travel far.

Swami Vivekananda
You cannot believe in God until you believe in yourself.

You cannot believe in God until you believe in yourself.

Swami Vivekananda
Strength is Life, Weakness is Death.
Expansion is Life, Contraction is Death.
Love is Life, Hatred is Death.

Strength is Life, Weakness is Death. Expansion is Life, Contraction is Death. Love is Life, Hatred is Death.

Swami Vivekananda
Neither seek nor avoid, take what comes.

Neither seek nor avoid, take what comes.

Swami Vivekananda
Comfort is no test of truth. Truth is often far from being comfortable.

Comfort is no test of truth. Truth is often far from being comfortable.

Swami Vivekananda
The fire that warms us can also consume us; it is not the fault of the fire.

The fire that warms us can also consume us; it is not the fault of the fire.

Swami Vivekananda
Ask nothing; want nothing in return. Give what you have to give; it will come back to you, but do not think of that now.

Ask nothing; want nothing in return. Give what you have to give; it will come back to you, but do not think of that now.

Swami Vivekananda
Feel nothing, know nothing, do nothing, have nothing, give up all to God, and say utterly, 'Thy will be done.' We only dream this bondage. Wake up and let it go.

Feel nothing, know nothing, do nothing, have nothing, give up all to God, and say utterly, 'Thy will be done.' We only dream this bondage. Wake up and let it go.

Swami Vivekananda
Learn Everything that is Good from Others, but bring it in, and in your own way absorb it; do not become others.

Learn Everything that is Good from Others, but bring it in, and in your own way absorb it; do not become others.

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.

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
Do one thing at a Time, and while doing it put your whole Soul into it to the exclusion of all else.

Do one thing at a Time, and while doing it put your whole Soul into it to the exclusion of all else.

Swami Vivekananda
All differences in this world are of degree, and not of kind, because oneness is the secret of everything.

All differences in this world are of degree, and not of kind, because oneness is the secret of everything.

Swami Vivekananda
Whatever you think that you will be.
if you think yourself weak,weak you will be;
if you think yourself strong,you will be

Whatever you think that you will be. if you think yourself weak,weak you will be; if you think yourself strong,you will be

Swami Vivekananda
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.

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
Books are infinite in number and time is short. The secret of knowledge is to take what is essential. Take that and try to live up to it.

Books are infinite in number and time is short. The secret of knowledge is to take what is essential. Take that and try to live up to it.

Swami Vivekananda
Astrology and all these mystical things are generally signs of a weak mind; therefore as soon as they are becoming prominent in our minds, we should see a physician, take good food, and rest.

Astrology and all these mystical things are generally signs of a weak mind; therefore as soon as they are becoming prominent in our minds, we should see a physician, take good food, and rest.

Swami Vivekananda
Beleive in yourself and the world will be at your feet

Beleive in yourself and the world will be at your feet

Swami Vivekananda
The whole life is a succession of dreams. My ambition is to be a conscious dreamer, that is all.

The whole life is a succession of dreams. My ambition is to be a conscious dreamer, that is all.

Swami Vivekananda
Don't look back—forward, infinite energy, infinite enthusiasm, infinite daring, and infinite patience—then alone can great deeds be accomplished.

Don't look back—forward, infinite energy, infinite enthusiasm, infinite daring, and infinite patience—then alone can great deeds be accomplished.

Swami Vivekananda