Certainly! Here are 50 Swami Vivekananda quotes filled with deep wisdom:
1. "You cannot believe in God until you believe in yourself."
2. "Arise, awake, and stop not until the goal is achieved."
3. "All power is within you; you can do anything and everything. Believe in that."
4. "In a day, when you don't come across any problems – you can be sure that you are traveling in the wrong path."
5. "Strength is life; weakness is death."
6. "The greatest religion is to be true to your own nature. Have faith in yourselves."
7. "The 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."
8. "Dare to be free, dare to go as far as your thought leads, and dare to carry that out in your life."
9. "Have faith in yourselves, and stand up on that faith and be strong; that is what we need."
10. "All the powers in the universe are already ours. It is we who have put our hands before our eyes and cry that it is dark."
11. "Condemn 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."
12. "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."
13. "To succeed, you must have tremendous perseverance, tremendous will. 'I will drink the ocean,' says the persevering soul; 'at my will, mountains will crumble up.' Have that sort of energy, that sort of will; work hard, and you will reach the goal."
14. "Let men have light, let them be pure and spiritually strong and educated, then alone will misery cease in the world, not before."
15. "The best thermometer to the progress of a nation is its treatment of its women."
16. "We are what our thoughts have made us; so take care about what you think. Words are secondary. Thoughts live; they travel far."
17. "To be good and to do good—that is the whole of religion."
18. "Each work has to pass through these stages—ridicule, opposition, and then acceptance. Those who think ahead of their time are sure to be misunderstood."
19. "The greatest sin is to think that you are weak."
20. "The will is not free—it is a phenomenon bound by cause and effect—but there is something behind the will which is free."
21. "The greatest fool is he who says, 'This is my enemy.' So long as you think that, you are a fool. How can we be our enemies?"
22. "Do not wait for anybody or anything. Do whatever you can, build your hope on none."
23. "Purity, patience, and perseverance are the three essentials to success and, above all, love."
24. "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."
25. "The fire that warms us can also consume us; it is not the fault of the fire."
26. "Even the greatest fool can accomplish a task if it were after his or her heart. But the intelligent ones are those who can convert every work into one that suits their taste."
27. "If you want to have life, you have to die every moment for it."
28. "The 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."
29. "We are responsible for what we are, and whatever we wish ourselves to be, we have the power to make ourselves."
30. "The secret of life is not enjoyment but education through experience."
31. "He who sees Shiva in the poor, in the weak, and in the diseased, really worships Shiva."
32. "In one word, this ideal is that you are divine."
33. "All the negative thoughts and ideas that are in the world have proceeded from this evil spirit of fear."
34. "Talk to yourself at least once in a day. Otherwise, you may miss a meeting with an excellent person in this world."
35. "Do not lower your goals to the level of your abilities. Instead, raise your abilities to the height of your goals."
36. "If money helps 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."
37. "The 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 free."
38. "The more we come out and do good to others, the more our hearts will be purified, and God will be in them."
39. "The greatest religion is to be true to your own nature. Have faith in yourselves."
40. "This is the gist of all worship: to be pure and to do good to others."
41. "Take risks in your life. If you win, you can lead, if you lose, you can guide."
42. "If faith in ourselves had been more extensively taught and practiced, I am sure a very large portion of the evils and miseries that we have would have vanished."
43. "In a conflict between the heart and the brain, follow your heart."
44. "We must have friendship for all; we must be merciful toward those that are in misery; when people are happy, we ought to be happy; and to the wicked, we must be indifferent."
45. "The greatest help to spiritual life is meditation. In meditation, we divest ourselves of all material conditions and feel our divine nature."
These Swami Vivekananda quotes offer profound insights into life, spirituality, and self-realization, inspiring wisdom and introspection.
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