"The very reason of nature's existence is for the education of the soul; it has no other meaning; it is there because the soul must have knowledge, and through knowledge free itself."
- Swami Vivekanandainspiring , Swami Vivekananda , education , knowledge , nature , soul , teacher
"Do not lower your goals to the level of your abilities. Instead, raise your abilities to the height of your goals."
- Swami Vivekanandamotivational , Swami Vivekananda , ability , aim-in-life , dreams , give-your-best , goals , possibilities , potential
"This very world will become to us an optimistic world when we become masters of our own minds"
- Swami Vivekanandalaw-of-attraction , Swami Vivekananda , attitude , mastery , mind , perception , self-control , world
"The body is neither yours, nor mine, nor anybody's. These bodies are coming and going by the laws of nature, but we are free, standing as witness."
- Swami Vivekanandaspiritual , Swami Vivekananda , be-the-witness , body , detachment , karma , liberation , maya , neti-neti
"Do you ask anything from your children in return for what you have given them? It is your duty to work for them, and there the matter ends. In whatever you do for a particular person, a city, or a state, assume the same attitude towards it as you have towards your children -expect nothing in return."
- Swami Vivekanandainspiring , Swami Vivekananda , children , detachment , expectations , parenting , work
"Nothing in the universe has power over you until you allow it to exercise such a power."
- Swami Vivekanandalaw-of-attraction , motivational , spiritual , Swami Vivekananda , independent , invincible , mind , power , self-control , unputdownable
"All knowledge, therefore, secular or spiritual, is in the human mind. In many cases it is not discovered, but remains covered, and when the covering is being slowly taken off, we say, 'We are learning,' and the advance of knowledge is made by the advance of this process of uncovering. The man from whom this veil is being lifted is the more knowing man, the man upon whom it lies thick is ignorant, and the man from whom it has entirely gone is all-knowing, omniscient."
- Swami Vivekanandaspiritual , Swami Vivekananda , inspiration , intuition , knowledge , learning , resistance , spirit-guides
"If you want to do a great or a good work, do not trouble to think what the result will be."
- Swami Vivekanandaspiritual , Swami Vivekananda , creativity , detachment , instinct , passion , work
"He reveals Himself to the pure heart; the pure and the stainless see God."
- Swami Vivekanandainspiring , spiritual , Swami Vivekananda , god , heart , innocence , pure , seeking-god
"It is good to love God for hope of reward in this or the next world, but it is better to love God for love's sake."
- Swami Vivekanandainspiring , Swami Vivekananda , god , unconditional-love , worship
"The human soul is eternal and immortal, perfect and infinite, and death means only a change of centre from one body to another."
- Swami Vivekanandaspiritual , Swami Vivekananda , death , eternal , infinite , non-physical , perfection , soul , spirit
"If we give up our attachment to this little universe of the senses or of the mind, we shall be free immediately."
- Swami Vivekanandaspiritual , Swami Vivekananda , attachment , detachment , empty-mind , freedom , letting-go , liberation , mind , non-duality
"When you step beyond thought and intellect and all reasoning, then you have made the first step towards God; and that is the beginning of life."
- Swami Vivekanandaspiritual , Swami Vivekananda , awareness , empty-mind , god , instinct , life , meditation , new-beginning , self-realization , stillness , thought
"Nor is the soul bound by the conditions of matter. In its very essence it is free, unbounded, holy, pure, and perfect. But somehow or other it finds itself tied down to matter, and thinks of itself as matter."
- Swami Vivekanandaspiritual , Swami Vivekananda , detachment , freedom , holy , perfection , pure , soul , source-energy , spirit