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
Is there no room for art in the spoken language? What is the use of creating an unnatural language to the exclusion of the natural one?
In art, interest must be centred on the principal theme.
High achievements in art, music, etc., are the results of concentration.
Everything progresses in waves. The march of civilization, the progression of worlds, is in waves. All human activities likewise progress in waves - art, literature, science, religion.
Every artist paints his Madonna according to his own pre-conceived ideas.
Even luxuries are arranged according to ideas and ideals, to make them reflect as much of thought-life as possible - and this is Art.
Drama is the most difficult of all arts. In it two things are to be satisfied - first, the ears, and second, the eyes. To paint a scene, if one thing be painted, it is easy enough; but to paint different things and yet to keep up the central interest is very difficult. Another difficult thing is stage - management, that is, combining different things in such a manner as to keep the central interest intact.
Art must be in touch with nature - and wherever that touch is gone, Art degenerates - yet it must be above nature.
Each soul is potentially divine.
Each soul is a star and all stars are set in the infinite azure, the eternal sky-the Lord.
Crossing over mountains, rivers, arid oceans, setting at naught, as it were, the obstacles of the distance of space and time, the blood of Indian thought has flowed, and is still flowing into the veins of other nations of the globe, whether in a distinct or in some subtle unknown way. Perhaps to us belongs the major portion of the universal ancient inheritance.
Your country requires heroes; be heroes; your duty is to go on working, and then everything will follow of itself.
Do not say, ‘You are bad’; say only, ‘You are good’, but be better!
Alcohol is not the answer to all questions