Swami Vivekananda's quotes emphasize themes of strength, taking responsibility for one's own destiny, serving others, and developing an iron will. Key ideas include: "Stand up, be bold, be strong. Take the whole responsibility on your own shoulders, & know that you are the creator of your own destiny"; "They alone live who live for others, rest are more dead then alive"; and "Take up one idea, make that one idea your life, think of it, dream of it, live of it, let the brain, muscle, nerves, every part of your body be full of that idea and just leave every other idea alone."
Swami Vivekanand (1863 – 1902),chief disciple of the 19th-century saint Ramakrishna. He was a key figure in the introduction of the Indian philosophies of Vedanta and Yoga to the Western world[2] and is credited with raising interfaith awareness, bringing Hinduism to the status of a major world religion during the late 19th century. He was a major force in the revival of Hinduism in India, and contributed to the concept of nationalism in colonial India. Vivekananda founded the Ramakrishna Math and the Ramakrishna Mission.He is perhaps best known for his inspiring speech which began, "Sisters and brothers of America ...," in which he introduced Hinduism at the Parliament of the World's Religions in Chicago in 1893. at the Parliament of the World's Religions held in Chicago 1893 Vivekananda gave a brief speech representing India and Hinduism. Vivekananda attracted widespread attention in the press, which called him the "cyclonic monk from India".New York Critique wrote, "He is an orator by divine right, and his strong, intelligent face in its picturesque setting of yellow and orange was hardly less interesting than those earnest words, and the rich, rhythmical utterance he gave them". American newspapers reported Vivekananda as "the greatest figure in the parliament of religion.He spoke several more times at the Parliament on topics related to Hinduism, Buddhism and harmony among religions until the parliament ended on 27 September 1893. Vivekananda's speeches at the Parliament had the common theme of universality, emphasising religious tolerance.[124] He soon became known as a "handsome oriental" and made a huge impression as an oratorhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vivekananda
Tribute to Swami Vivekananda on his Birthday.Besides being a spiritual leader, his teachings on education and focus on role of youth in shaping our country's future still hold true, even a hundred years later. Such was his foresight and vision, true hallmarks of a great thinker.
Swami Vivekanand (1863 – 1902),chief disciple of the 19th-century saint Ramakrishna. He was a key figure in the introduction of the Indian philosophies of Vedanta and Yoga to the Western world[2] and is credited with raising interfaith awareness, bringing Hinduism to the status of a major world religion during the late 19th century. He was a major force in the revival of Hinduism in India, and contributed to the concept of nationalism in colonial India. Vivekananda founded the Ramakrishna Math and the Ramakrishna Mission.He is perhaps best known for his inspiring speech which began, "Sisters and brothers of America ...," in which he introduced Hinduism at the Parliament of the World's Religions in Chicago in 1893. at the Parliament of the World's Religions held in Chicago 1893 Vivekananda gave a brief speech representing India and Hinduism. Vivekananda attracted widespread attention in the press, which called him the "cyclonic monk from India".New York Critique wrote, "He is an orator by divine right, and his strong, intelligent face in its picturesque setting of yellow and orange was hardly less interesting than those earnest words, and the rich, rhythmical utterance he gave them". American newspapers reported Vivekananda as "the greatest figure in the parliament of religion.He spoke several more times at the Parliament on topics related to Hinduism, Buddhism and harmony among religions until the parliament ended on 27 September 1893. Vivekananda's speeches at the Parliament had the common theme of universality, emphasising religious tolerance.[124] He soon became known as a "handsome oriental" and made a huge impression as an oratorhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vivekananda
Tribute to Swami Vivekananda on his Birthday.Besides being a spiritual leader, his teachings on education and focus on role of youth in shaping our country's future still hold true, even a hundred years later. Such was his foresight and vision, true hallmarks of a great thinker.
7. “All the power is within you; you
can do anything and everything.
Believe in that; don’t believe that
you are weak. Stand up and
express the divinity with in you”
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8. “What ever you think, that you
will be. If you think yourself weak,
weak you will be; if you think
yourself strong; strong you will
be”
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9. “Stand and die in your own
strength; if there is any sin in the
world, it is weakness; avoid all
weakness, for weakness is sin,
weakness is death”
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10. “Neither money pays, nor name
pays, nor fame, nor learning; it is
CHARACTER that cleave
through adamantine walls of
difference”
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11. “He is an atheist who does not believe in
himself. The old religion said that he was
an atheist who does not believe in God. The
new religion says that he is an atheist who
does not believe in himself”
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13. “Help if you can; if you cannot,
fold your hands and stand by
and see things go on. Do not
injure, if you cannot render
help”
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14. “Are you unselfish? That is the
question. If you are, you will be
perfect without reading a single
religious book, without going into
a single church or temple.”
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15. “Misery comes through attachment, not
through work. As soon as we identify
ourselves with work we do, we feel
miserable; but if we don’t identify
ourselves with it, we do not feel that
misery”
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16. “Nature wants us to react, to return
blow for blow, cheating for cheating,
lie for lie, to hit back with all our
might, then it requires a super divine
power not hit back, to keep control, to
be unattached” 16
17. “Always first learn to be a servant,
and then you will be fit to be a
master. Avoid this jealousy, and
you will do great works that have
yet to be done”
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18. “You must have an iron will if you
would cross the ocean. You must
be strong enough to pierce
mountains”
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19. “Take up one idea, make that one idea your life,
think of it, dream of it, live of it, let the brain,
muscle, nerves, every part of your body be full of
that idea and just leave every other idea alone.
This is the way great spiritual giants are
produced, others are mere talking machines”
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20. “Your country requires heroes;
be heroes; your duty is to go on
working, and then everything
will follow of itself”
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