UNIVERSAL TEACHINGS OF SWAMI VIVEKANANDA

Swami
Vivekananda

SEE GOD IN ALLThis is the gist of all worship - to be pure and to do good to others. He who sees Siva in the poor, in the weak, and in the diseased, really worships Siva, and if he sees Siva only in the image, his worship is but preliminary. He who has served and helped one poor man seeing Siva in him, without thinking of his cast, creed, or race, or anything, with him Siva is more pleased than with the man who sees Him only in temples.  

GOD IS WITHIN YOU It is impossible to find God outside of ourselves. Our own souls contribute all of the divinity that is outside of us. We are the greatest temple. The objectification is only a faint imitation of what we see within ourselves.

PERSEVERE IN YOUR SEARCH FOR GODTo 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.

TRUST COMPLETELY IN GODStand up for God; let the world go.

LOVE OF GOD IS ESSENTIALGiving up all other thoughts, with the whole mind day and night worship God. Thus being worshipped day and night, He reveals himself and makes His worshippers feel His presence.

Swami Vivekananda Quotes

Very laborious and dedicated to social causes, Swami Vivekananda was a great personality. Well, in this article, we will present you with some famous quotes by Vivekananda. Read further and check out a few Vivekanand quotations.

Swami Vivekananda Quotes

• "Take up one idea. Make that one idea your life - think of it, dream of it, live on that idea. Let the brain, muscles, nerves, every part of your body, be full of that idea, and just leave every other idea alone. This is the way to success that is way great spiritual giants are produced."
• "Never 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."
• "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."
• "We are what our thoughts have made us; so take care about what you think. Words are secondary. Thoughts live; they travel far."
• "Where can we go to find God if we cannot see Him in our own hearts and in every living being."
• "You cannot believe in God until you believe in yourself."
• "The first sign of your becoming religious is that you are becoming cheerful"
• "GOD of truth, be Thou alone my guide…"
• "BY the study of different RELIGIONS we find that in essence they are one."
• "That man has reached immortality who is disturbed by nothing material."
• "External nature is only internal nature writ large."
• "GOD is to be worshipped as the one beloved, dearer than everything in this and next life."
• "The more we come out and do good to others, the more our hearts will be purified, and God will be in them."