W e are responsible for what we are, and whatever we wish ourselves to be, we have the power to make ourselves. If what we are now has been the result of our own past actions, it certainly follows that whatever we wish to be in future can be produced by our present actions; so we have to know how to act. quote 5638 | Vivekananda
O h, if only you knew yourselves! You are souls; you are Gods. If ever I feel like blaspheming, it is when I call you man. quote 5616 | Vivekananda
W hatever you think, that you will be. If you think yourselves weak, weak you will be; if you think yourselves strong, strong you will be. quote 5592 | Vivekananda
I t is our own mental attitude which makes the world what it is for us. Our thoughts make things beautiful, our thoughts make things ugly. The whole world is in our own minds. Learn to see things in the proper light. quote 5569 | Vivekananda
D o not wait for anybody or anything. Do whatever you can. Build your hope on none. quote 5564 | Vivekananda
C ome out into the broad open light of day, come out from the little narrow paths, for how can the infinite soul rest content to live and die in small ruts? Come out into the universe of Light. Everything in the universe is yours, stretch out your arms and embrace it with love. If you ever felt you wanted to do that, you have felt God. quote 5551 | Vivekananda
B e not in despair, the way is very difficult, like walking on the edge of a razor; yet despair not, arise, awake, and find the ideal, the goal. quote 5542 | Vivekananda
A rise, awake, sleep no more; within each of you there is the power to remove all wants and all miseries. Believe this, and that power will be manifested. quote 5533 | Vivekananda
T hemselves all differences in this world are of degree, and not of kind, because oneness is the secret of everything. quote 5529 | Vivekananda
C ondemn none: if you can stretch out a helping hand, do so. If you cannot, fold your hands, bless your brothers, and let them go their own way. quote 5522 | Vivekananda
O ur duty is to encourage everyone in his struggle to live up to his own highest ideal, and strive at the same time to make the ideal as near as possible to the Truth. quote 5521 | Vivekananda
G od is to be worshipped as the one beloved, dearer than everything in this and next life. quote 5507 | Vivekananda
W here can we go to find God if we cannot see Him in our own hearts and in every living being? quote 5501 | Vivekananda
I f money help a man to do good to others, it is of some value; but if not, it is simply a mass of evil, and the sooner it is got rid of, the better. quote 5479 | Vivekananda
W e are what our thoughts have made us; so take care about what you think. Words are secondary. Thoughts live; they travel far. quote 5468 | Vivekananda
I f faith in ourselves had been more extensively taught and practised, I am sure a very large portion of the evils and miseries that we have would have vanished. quote 5452 | Vivekananda
A s different streams having different sources all mingle their waters in the sea, so different tendencies, various though they appear, crooked or straight, all lead to God. quote 5438 | Vivekananda
T he whole secret of existence is to have no fear. Never fear what will become of you, depend on no one. Only the moment you reject all help are you freed. quote 5437 | Vivekananda
T he moment I have realized God sitting in the temple of every human body; the moment I stand in reverence before every human being and see God in him - that moment I am free from bondage, everything that binds vanishes, and I am free. quote 5431 | Vivekananda
T ruth can be stated in a thousand different ways, yet each one can be true. quote 5420 | Vivekananda
T he Vedanta recognizes no sin it only recognizes error. And the greatest error, says the Vedanta is to say that you are weak, that you are a sinner, a miserable creature, and that you have no power and you cannot do this and that. quote 5411 | Vivekananda
N ever think there is anything impossible for the soul. It is the greatest heresy to think so. If there is sin, this is the only sin; to say that you are weak, or others are weak. quote 5396 | Vivekananda
I f faith in ourselves had been more extensively taught and practised, I am sure a very large portion of the evils and miseries that we have would have vanished. quote 5388 | Vivekananda
