Swamiji Tells

· The glory of life is chastity.

· Love is always the highest ideal.

· The greatest name man ever gave to God is Truth.

· No one can get anything unless he earns it. This is an eternal law.

· The brave alone can afford to be sincere. Compare the lion and the fox.

· There is no other teacher but your own soul.

· The totality of all souls, not the human alone, is the Personal God.

· That which is bound is nature, not the soul.

· Life is but a dream of death.

· If we can find in ourself something that is not acted on by any cause, then we have known the Self.

· Concentration is the essence of all knowledge, nothing can be done without it.

· Education is the manifestation of the perfection already in man.

· Religion is the manifestation of the Divinity already in man.

· As soon as you make a sect, you protest against universal brotherhood.

· The more you fly from nature, the more she follows you; and if you do not care for her at all, she becomes your slave.

· He who has conquered the internal nature controls the whole universe; it becomes his servant.

· There is no virtue higher than non-injury.

· Chastity is the basis of all religions.

· Mercy shall not be for men alone, but shall go beyond, and embrace the whole world.

· There never was a friendship, especially of women, which was not exacting.

· Renunciation is the very basis upon which ethics stands.

· Everything is fraught with fear: Renunciation alone is fearless.

· Truth does not pay homage to any society, modern or ancient. Society has to pay homage to truth, or die.

· The Mohammedans think much of the new moon. Let us also, with the new moon, begin a new life!

· No man is born to any religion; he has a religion in his own soul.

· The greatest name man ever gave to God is Truth.

· The real individuality is that which never changes and will never change; and that is the God within us.

· The flesh and the devil are but degrees of difference from God Himself.

· Pure love has no motive. It has nothing to gain.

· When love to God is revealed and is all, this world appears like a drop.

· When a man has reached that perfect state, he is of the same nature as the Personal God. "I and my Father are one."

· Sipâhis (sepoys) die soon — nature is full of defect — the athletes die soon

· The brave alone can afford to be sincere. Compare the lion and the fox.

· That which is bound is nature, not the soul.

· Life is but a dream of death.

· If we can find in ourself something that is not acted on by any cause, then we have known the Self.

· Concentration is the essence of all knowledge, nothing can be done without it.

· Purity, patience, and perseverance are the three essentials to success, and above all, love.

· Education is the manifestation of the perfection already in man.

· Religion is the manifestation of the Divinity already in man.

· The only worship is love.

· Truth never dreams.

· No one can get anything unless he earns it. This is an eternal law.

· The more you fly from nature, the more she follows you; and if you do not care for her at all, she becomes your slave.

· There is no virtue higher than non-injury.

· By truth we attain fruits of work.

· Chastity is the basis of all religions.

· He who has conquered the internal nature controls the whole universe; it becomes his servant.

· As soon as you make a sect, you protest against universal brotherhood.

· Through truth everything is attained. In truth everything is established.

· Mercy shall not be for men alone, but shall go beyond, and embrace the whole world.

· The worm that crawls under your feet today is a God to be.

· That man has reached immortality who is disturbed by nothing material.

· There is no other teacher but your own soul.

· The totality of all souls, not the human alone, is the Personal God.

· Each individual has to work out his own salvation; there is no other way, and so also with nations.

· The strong, the well-knit, the young, the healthy, the daring alone are fit to be Yogis.

· To the Yogi everything is bliss.

· Misery is caused by sin, and by no other cause.

· From contentment comes superlative happiness.

· Everything is fraught with fear: Renunciation alone is fearless.

· Friendship with many is good at a distance.

-Swami Vivekananda