Swami Vivekananda Quotes (59 Quotes)


    WE see that the apparent contradictions and perplexities in every RELIGION mark but different stages of growth. The end of all religions is the realizing of God in the soul . That is the one universal religion.

    When we really begin to live in the world, then we understand what is meant by brotherhood or mankind, and not before.

    Hindu religion does not consist in struggles and attempts to believe a certain doctrine or dogma, but in realizing not in believing, but in being and becoming.

    A man may be the greatest philosopher in the world but a child in RELIGION. When a man has developed a high state of spirituality he can understand that the kingdom of heaven is within him.

    All differences in this world are of degree, and not of kind, because oneness is the secret of everything.


    IT is good to love God for hope of reward, but it is better to love God for loves sake and the prayer goes O Lord, I do not want wealth nor children nor learning. If it be Thy will, I shall go from birth to birth. But grant me this, that I may love thee without the hope of reward - love unselfishly for loves sake.

    PRAYER is divine love alone. When this highest ideal of love is reached, philosophy is thrown away. Who will then care of it Freedom, salvation, nirvana- all are thrown away. Who cares to become free while in the enjoyment of divine love

    The greatest religion is to be true to your own nature. Have faith in yourselves

    GOD is the ever-active providence, by whose power systems after systems are being evolved out of chaos, made to run for a time and again destroyed.


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