Swami Vivekananda

"The greatest truths are the simplest things in the world, simple as your own existence."

"This human body is the greatest body in the universe, and a human being the greatest being. Man is higher than all animals, than all angels; none is greater than man. Even the Devas (gods) will have to come down again and attain to salvation through a human body. Man alone attains to perfection, not even the Devas."

"MIND is not a dustbin to keep anger, hatred and jealousy. But it is the treasure box to keep, love happiness and sweet memories."

"Never mind failures; they are quite natural,they are the beauty of life, these failures. What would be LIFE without them"

"Do not believe a thing because you have read about it in a book. Do not believe a thing because another man has said it was true. Do not believe in words because they are hallowed by tradition. Find out the truth for yourself. Reason it out. That is realization."

"The natural ambition of woman is through marriage to climb up, leaning upon a man; but those days are gone. You shall be great without the help of any man, just as you are."

"Consciously or unconsciously, we are all striving for perfection."

"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."

"Strength is Life, Weakness is Death"."

"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."

"Things do not grow better; they remain as they are. It is we who grow better, by the changes we make in ourselves."

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

"Feel nothing, know nothing, do nothing, have nothing, give up all to God, and say utterly, 'Thy will be done.' We only dream this bondage. Wake up and let it go."

"Education is the manifestation of perfection already existing in man."

"The Christian is not to become a Hindu or a Buddhist, nor is a Hindu or a Buddhist to become a Christian. But each must assimilate the spirit of the others and yet preserve his individuality and grow according to his own law of growth. If the Parliament of Religions has shown anything to the world, it is this: It has proved to the world that holiness, purity, and charity are not the exclusive possessions of any church in the world, and that every system has produced men and women of the most exalted character. In the face of this evidence, if anybody dreams of the exclusive survival of his own religion at the expense of the others, I pity him from the bottom of my heart and point out to him that upon the banner of every religion will soon be written, in spite of resistance: "Help and not Fight," "Assimilation and not Destruction," "Harmony and Peace and not Dissension"."

"The knowing ones must have pity on the ignorant. One who knows is willing to give up his body even for an ant,because he knows that the body is nothing."

"Comfort is no test of truth. Truth is often far from being comfortable."

"Strength is Life, Weakness is Death. Expansion is Life, Contraction is Death. Love is Life, Hatred is Death."

"They alone live, who live for others."

"Anything that makes weak - physically, intellectually and spiritually, reject it as poison."