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. temple_hindu quote 5638 | Vivekananda share
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. temple_hindu quote 5616 | Vivekananda share
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. temple_hindu quote 5592 | Vivekananda share
M an never dies, nor is he ever born; bodies die, but he never dies. temple_hindu quote 5582 | Vivekananda share
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. temple_hindu quote 5569 | Vivekananda share
D o not wait for anybody or anything. Do whatever you can. Build your hope on none. temple_hindu quote 5564 | Vivekananda share
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. temple_hindu quote 5551 | Vivekananda share
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. temple_hindu quote 5542 | Vivekananda share
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. temple_hindu quote 5533 | Vivekananda share
T hemselves all differences in this world are of degree, and not of kind, because oneness is the secret of everything. temple_hindu quote 5529 | Vivekananda share
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. temple_hindu quote 5522 | Vivekananda share
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. temple_hindu quote 5521 | Vivekananda share
G od is to be worshipped as the one beloved, dearer than everything in this and next life. temple_hindu quote 5507 | Vivekananda share
W here can we go to find God if we cannot see Him in our own hearts and in every living being? temple_hindu quote 5501 | Vivekananda share
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. temple_hindu quote 5479 | Vivekananda share
W e are what our thoughts have made us; so take care about what you think. Words are secondary. Thoughts live; they travel far. temple_hindu quote 5468 | Vivekananda share
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. temple_hindu quote 5452 | Vivekananda share
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. temple_hindu quote 5438 | Vivekananda share
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. temple_hindu quote 5437 | Vivekananda share
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. temple_hindu quote 5431 | Vivekananda share
T ruth can be stated in a thousand different ways, yet each one can be true. temple_hindu quote 5420 | Vivekananda share
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. temple_hindu quote 5411 | Vivekananda share
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. temple_hindu quote 5396 | Vivekananda share
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. temple_hindu quote 5388 | Vivekananda share