The quotations of

Swami Vivekananda

Indian Hindu monk and philosopher

1863–1902

11 quotes, most often on Religion, Freedom and Life & Death.

All that is real in me is God; all that is real in God is I. The gulf between God and me is thus bridged. Thus by knowing God, we find that the kingdom of heaven is within us.
Pearls of Wisdom
- God
Be a hero. Always say, “I have no fear.” Tell this to everyone⁠—“Have no fear.”
Pearls of Wisdom
- Courage
- Fear
Death is better than a vegetating ignorant life; it is better to die on the battle-field than to live a life of defeat.
Call to the Nation
- Life & Death
All knowledge that the world has ever received comes from the mind; the infinite library of the universe is in our own mind.
Pearls of Wisdom
- Knowledge
To devote your life to the good of all and to the happiness of all is religion. Whatever you do for your own sake is not religion.
Pearls of Wisdom
- Religion
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.
Pearls of Wisdom
- Fear
- Freedom
Karma is the eternal assertion of human freedom. If we can bring ourselves down by our karma, surely it is in our power to raise ourselves by our own karma.
Pearls of Wisdom
- Freedom
Tell the truth boldly, whether it hurts or not. Never pander to weakness. If truth is too much for intelligent people and sweeps them away, let them go; the sooner the better.
Pearls of Wisdom
- Courage
- Truth & Lies
It is in love that religion exists and not in ceremony, in the pure and sincere love in the heart. Unless a man is pure in body and mind, his coming into a temple and worshipping Shiva is useless.
Address at the Rameswaram Temple on Real Worship
- Love
- Religion
Education is the manifestation of the perfection already in man. Religion is the manifestation of the Divinity already in man.
“What We Believe In”, written in Chicago (3 March 1894), Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda, vol. 4
- Education
- Religion
This life is short, the vanities of the world are transient, but they alone live who live for others, the rest are more dead than alive.
“Our Duty to the Masses”, letter to the Maharaja of Mysore (23 June 1894), Complete Works, vol. 4
- Charity
- Life & Death

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