FIERY QUOTES OF SWAMI VIVEKANANDA. ......... .......


*Never quarrel about RELIGION.All quarrels & disputations concerning religion simply show that SPIRITUALITY is NOT present. Religious quarrels are always over the husks.When purity, spirituality goes, leaving the Soul dry,quarrels begin & not before.


*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.


*Great things can be done only through great sacrifices. No selfishness, no name, no fame, yours or mine, nor my Master's even! Work, work the idea, the plan, my boys, my brave, noble, good souls--to the wheel, to the wheel put your shoulders! Stop not to look back for name, or fame, or any such nonsense. Throw self overboard and work. Remember: "The grass when made into a rope by being joined together can even chain a mad elephant." The Lord's blessings on you all! His power be in you all--as I believe it is already.
[ Swamiji's Letter to Alasinga. Chicago: May 28, 1894. CW, 5: 34-35]


*They alone live who live for others, rest are more DEAD than ALIVE.


*Arise! Awake!! And stop not till the goal is reached.


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


*What good is it, if we acknowledge in our prayers that God is the Father of us all, and in our daily lives, do not treat every man as our brother?


*Don't spend your energy in talking but meditate in silence and become a dynamo or spirituality.

*Truth, purity, and unselfishness - whenever these are present, there is no power below or above the sun to crush the possessor thereof. Equipped with these, one individual is able to face the whole universe in opposition.

*Faith, sympathy, fiery faith, fiery sympathy! Faith, faith, faith in ourselves... faith, faith in God - this is the secret of greatness.

*In the world take always the position of the giver.Give everything and look for no return. Give love,give help, give service, give any little thing you can.

*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.

*Stand up, be bold, be strong. Take the whole responsibility on your own shoulders, and know that you are the creator of your own destiny. All the strength and succor you want is within yourselves. Therefore make
your own future.

*Never talk about the faults of others, no matter how bad they may be. Nothing is ever gained by that. You never help one by telling about his faults, but you do him an injury, and injure yourself as well.

*Give up jealousy and conceit. Learn to work unitedly for others. This is the great need of our country.

*Should the worst come to the worst, never swerve from the path of truth.

*“Comfort” is no test of truth; on the contrary, truth is often far from being “comfortable.”

*“The earth is enjoyed by heroes”—this is the unfailing truth. Be a hero. Always say, “I have no fear.”

*A few heart-whole, sincere, and energetic men and women can do more in a year than a mob in a century.

*After every happiness comes misery; they may be far apart or near. The more advanced the soul, the more quickly does one follow the other. What we want is neither happiness nor misery. Both make us forget our true nature; both are chains--one iron, one gold; behind both is the Atman, who knows neither happiness nor misery.

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

*Are you unselfish? That is the question. If you are, you will be perfect without reading a single religious book, without going into a single church or temple.

*The road to good is the roughest & steepest in the universe. It is a wonder that so many succeed, no wonder that so many fall. Character has to be established through a thousand stumbles.

* 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.
Learn that the whole of life is giving, that nature will force you to give. So, give willingly. Sooner or later you will have to give up.
With clenched hands, you want to take. But nature puts a hand on your throat and makes your hands open...The moment you say, "I will not", the blow comes; you are hurt.
Ask, therefore, nothing in return; but the more you give, the more will come to you.