Vivekananda’s real name is Narendranath Datta (12 January 1863 – 4 July 1902). He was a well-known person in both India and America during the 19th century and the first decade of the 20th. He was an Indian Hindu monk, author, philosopher, religious teacher, and the chief disciple of the Ramakrishna. Even though he lived for a short period, in the west and east alike, he left a big mark on his personality. Let’s see some of the Vivekananda quotes in English.
Swami Vivekananda Best Quotes
3 Golden rules!! Who is helping you, don’t forget them. Who is loving you, don’t hate them. Who is trusting you, don’t cheat them.
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Have faith in yourself – all power is in you. Even the poison of a snake is powerless, if you can firmly deny it.
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Stand up, be bold, and take the blame on your own shoulders. Do not go about throwing mud at others; for all the faults you suffer from, you are the sole and only cause.
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Whatever you believe, that you will be, If you believe yourselves to be ages, ages you will be tomorrow. There is nothing to obstruct you.
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The more we come out and do good to others, the more our hearts will be purified, and God will be in them.
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The fire that warms us can also consume us; it is not the fault of the fire.
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Believe in yourself and the world will be at your feet.
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Everything is easy when you are busy. But nothing is easy when you are lazy.
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Always try to represent yourself as happy. Initially, it becomes your look, gradually it becomes your habit and finally it becomes your personality.
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Do one thing at a time, and while doing it put your whole soul into it to the exclusion of all else.
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The great secret of true success, of true happiness, is this: the man or woman who asks for no return, the perfectly unselfish person, is the most successful.
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The greatest religion is to be true to your own nature. Have faith in yourselves.
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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.
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Do not wait for anybody or anything. Do whatever you can, build your hope on none.
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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.
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When an idea exclusively occupies the mind, it is transformed into an actual physical or mental state.
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Do not lower your goals to the level of your abilities. Instead, raise your abilities to the height of your goals.
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Our duty is to encourage everyone in his struggle to live up to his own highest idea, and strive at the same time to make the ideal as near as possible to the Truth.
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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.
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Arise! Awake! Stop not until the goal is reached.
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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.
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You are the creator of your own destiny.
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We 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 the future can be produced by our present actions; so we have to know how to act.
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The power of concentration is the only key to the treasure-house of knowledge.
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Throw away all weaknesses. tell your body that it is strong. Tell your mind that it is strong and have unbound faith and hope in yourself.
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You cannot believe in God until you believe in yourself.
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You should work like a master and not as a slave; work incessantly, but do not do a slave’s work.
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Learn everything that is good from others, but bring it in, and in your own way adsorb it; do not become others.
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Bless people when they revile you. Think how much good they are doing by helping to stamp out the false ego.
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Do not hate anybody, because that hatred which comes out from you must, in the long run, come back to you, if you love, that love will come back to you, completing the circle.
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When you are doing any work.. do it as worship, as the highest worship, and devote your whole life to it for the time being.
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The earth is enjoyed by heroes – this is the unfailing truth. Be a hero. Always say, I have no fear.
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The greatest sin is to think that you are weak.
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