Swami Vivekananda
Swami Vivekananda
Swami VivekanandaBengali: , Shāmi Bibekānondo; 12 January 1863 – 4 July 1902), born Narendranath Datta, was an Indian Hindu monk, a chief disciple of the 19th-century Indian mystic Ramakrishna. 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...
NationalityIndian
ProfessionClergyman
Date of Birth12 January 1863
CountryIndia
Let positive, strong, helpful thoughts enter into your brains from very childhood. Lay yourselves open to these thoughts, and not to weakening and paralysing ones.
Let him who has courage in his mind and love in his heart come with me. I want none else.
If you have knowledge and see a man weak, do not condemn him. Go to his level and help him if you can. He must grow.
No one should be judged by their defects. The great virtues a person has are his or her especially. But their errors are the common weakness of humanity and should never be counted in estimating a person’s character.
The present is determined by our past actions, and the future by the present.
Religion and religion alone is the life of India, and when that goes India will die, in spite of politics, in spite of social reforms, in spite of Kubera's wealth poured upon the head of every one of her children.
If the Absolute becomes limited by the mind, It is no more Absolute; It has become finite.
The fruit falls from the tree when it gets ripe. So wait for the time to come. Do not hurry. Moreover, no one has the right to make others miserable by his foolish acts. Wait, have patience, everything will come right in time.
Experience is the only teacher we have. We may talk and reason all our lives, but we shall not understand a word of truth until we experience it ourselves.
Have faith in yourself, all power is in you, be conscious and bring it out
My faith is in the younger generation, the modern generation. Out of them will come my workers. They will work out the whole problem like lions
Only by practice and non-attachment can we conquer mind.
My countrymen should have nerves of steel, muscles of iron, and minds like thunderbolt.
The infinite library of the Universe is in your mind.