“Arise! Awake! and stop not until the goal is reached.”

— Swami Vivekananda

“The world is the great gymnasium where we come to make ourselves strong.”

— Swami Vivekananda

“God is to be worshipped as the one beloved, dearer than everything in this and next life.”

— Swami Vivekananda

“When an idea exclusively occupies the mind, it is transformed into an actual physical or mental state.”

— Swami Vivekananda

“You cannot believe in God until you believe in yourself.”

— Swami Vivekananda

“Desire, ignorance, and inequality – this is the trinity of bondage.” 

— Swami Vivekananda

“The fire that warms us can also consume us; it is not the fault of the fire.” 

— Swami Vivekananda

“Comfort is no test of truth. Truth is often far from being comfortable.” 

— Swami Vivekananda

“Truth can be stated in a thousand different ways, yet each one can be true.” 

— Swami Vivekananda

“Anything that makes you weak – physically, intellectually and spiritually, reject it as poison.” 

— Swami Vivekananda