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
Had I lived in Palestine, in the days of Jesus of Nazareth, I would have washed his feet, not with my tears, but with my heart's blood!
If the mind is intensely eager, everything can be accomplished—mountains can be crumbled into atoms.
I, for one, thoroughly believe that no power in the universe can withhold from anyone anything they really deserve.
It is the duty of all to support and side with Dharma. All must fight and support Dharma regardless of their personality, background, status.
A few heart-whole, sincere, and energetic men and women can do more in a year than a mob in a century.
Why are people so afraid? The answer is that they have made themselves helpless and dependent on others. We are so lazy, we do not want to do anything ourselves. We want a Personal God, a Savior or a Prophet to do everything for us.
The world is the great gymnasium where we come to make ourselves strong.
If the Absolute becomes limited by the mind, It is no more Absolute; It has become finite.
The nearer we are to God, the less we will have occasions to cry or weep. The further we are from God, the more will long faces come. The more we know God, the more misery vanishes.
Meditate upon the Om that is in the heart.
The devil comes in many guises-anger in the form of justice-passion in the form of duty. When it first comes, the man knows and then he forgets. Just as your pleaders' conscience; at first they know it is all Badmashi (roguery), then it is duty to their clients; at last they get hardened.
Infinite patience, infinite purity, and infinite perseverance are the secret of success in a good cause.
Hindu Dharma is the quintessence of our national life, hold fast to it if you want your country to survive, or else you would be wiped out in three generations.
The infinite library of the Universe is in your mind.