Swami Vivekananda is an inspiration to many youngsters. He was born in Calcutta, Bengal in a Bengali family on 12^th January 1863. He is the person who took an initiative to introduce the Indian philosophies of Vedanta and Yoga to the western world.  He was a key figure in the introduction of the Indian philosophies of Vedanta and Yoga to the Western world and is credited with raising interfaith awareness, bringing Hinduism to the status of a major world religion during the late 19th century. He was a major force in the revival of Hinduism in India and contributed to the concept of nationalism in colonial India. Vivekananda founded the Ramakrishna Math and the Ramakrishna Mission. He is perhaps best known for his speech which began, “Sisters and brothers of America …,” in which he introduced Hinduism at the Parliament of the World’s Religions in Chicago in 1893.

His iconic speech in America which began with “Sisters and Brothers of America” gave him recognition worldwide. He was influenced by his guru Ramakrishna Deva from whom he learned many things. Here are some Swamy Vivekananda Quotes, Swami Vivekananda Thoughts, Vivekananda Inspirational messages.

Vivekananda Quotes On Life:

Take up one idea; make that one idea your life. Think of it, a dream of it, Live on that idea let the brain, muscles, nerves, every part of your body be full of that idea, and just leave every other idea alone. This is the way to success.

Stand up, be bold, and take the blame on your own shoulders. Do not go about throwing mud at other; for all the faults you suffer from, you are the sole and only cause.

Learn everything that is good from others, but brings it in, and in your own way adsorb it; do not become others.

Meditation can turn fools into sages but unfortunately, fools never meditate.

All power is within you. You can do anything and everything. Believe in that. Do not believe that you are weak; do to believe that you are half-crazy lunatics, as most of us do nowadays. Stand up and express the divinity within you.

If I love myself despite my infinite faults, how can I hate anyone at the glimpse of a few faults”..!

“That which is selfish is immoral, and that which is unselfish is moral.”

Throw away all weakness. tell your body that it is strong. Tell your mind that it is strong and have unbound faith and hope in yourself.

When you are doing any work.. do it as worship, as the highest worship, and devote your whole life to it for the time being.

The mistake is that we want to tie the whole world down to our own plane of thought and to make out mind the measure of the whole universe.

Swami Vivekananda Quotes On Life:

Have faith in yourself – all power is in you. Even the poison of a snake is powerless if you can firmly deny it.

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.

The world is the great gymnasium where we come to make ourselves strong.

Arise awake and stop not until the goal is achieved.

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

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

Arise awake – All the powers in the universe are already ours. It is we who have put our hands before our eyes and cry that it is dark.

Do not hate anybody, because that hatred which comes out from you must, in the long run, come back to you, if you love, that love will come back to you, completing the circle.

Where can we go to find GOD if we cannot see him in ours own hearts and in every living being.

This life is short, the vanities of the world are transient, but they alone live who live for others, the rest are more dead than alive.

The calmer we are and the less disturbed our nerves, the more shall we love ad the better will our work.

If you really my children, you will fear nothing, stop at nothing, you will be like lions, My prayers and benedictions follow every step you take… everything will come to you if you have faith.

Neither money pays, not name, nor fame, nor learning; it is CHARACTER that a cleave through adamantine walls of difficulties.

3 Golden rules!! Who is helping you, don’t forget them. Who is loving you, don’t hate them? Who is trusting you, don’t cheat them.

When a man is perfect, he sees perfection in others. When he sees imperfection, it is his own mind projecting itself.

When a man is perfect, he sees perfection in others. When he sees imperfection, it is his own mind projecting itself.

Think always: I am ever-pure, ever-knowing, and ever-free. How can I do anything evil? Can I ever be befooled like ordinary people with the insignificant charms of lust and wealth? Strengthen the mind with such thoughts. This will surely bring real good.

Strength is Life, Weakness is Death. The expansion is Life, Contraction is Death. Love is Life, Hatred is Death.

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.

Let us work without desire for name or fame or rule over others. Let us be free from the triple bonds of lust, the greed of gain, and anger. And this truth is with us!

Swami Vivekananda Inspirational Thoughts:

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.

Talk to yourself at least once in a Day… Otherwise, you may miss a meeting with an EXCELLENT person in this World…

Relationships are more important than life, but it is important for those relationships to have life in them…. ~

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

Like me or Hate me,
both are in my favor,
If you like me I am in your Heart,
If you hate me I am in your mind. –

By the study of different religions, we find that in essence, they are one. –

Where can we go to find God if we cannot see Him in our own hearts and in every living being.~

Fill the brain with high thoughts, highest ideals place them day and night before you and out of that will come great work.

Swami Vivekananda Quotes On Youth

Where can we go to find God if we cannot see Him in our own hearts and in every living being.~

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

You cannot believe in God until you believe in yourself.

Arise! Awake! and stop not until the goal is reached.

The world is the great gymnasium where we come to make ourselves strong.

All the powers in the universe are already ours. It is we who have put our hands before our eyes and cry that it is dark.

When an idea exclusively occupies the mind, it is transformed into an actual physical or mental state.

It is the cheerful mind that is persevering. It is the strong mind that hews its way through a thousand difficulties.

This is the great lesson that we are here to learn through myriads of births and heavens and hells — that there is nothing to be asked for, desired for, beyond one’s spiritual Self.

Good Motive, Sincerity and Infinite love can conquer the world. One single soul possessed of these virtues can destroy the dark designs of millions of hypocrites and brutes.

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

I am the thread that runs through all these pearls, and each pearl is a religion or even a sect thereof. Such are the different pearls, and God is the thread that runs through all of them; most people, however, are entirely unconscious of it.

Perfection does not come from belief or faith. Talk does not count for anything. Parrots can do that. Perfection comes through selfless work.

First, let us become gods and then help others to become gods. ‘Be and make.’ Let this be our motto.

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.

If there is one word that you find coming out like a bomb from the Upanishads, bursting like a bombshell upon masses of ignorance, it is the word “fearlessness”.

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