A spiritual genius of commanding intellect and power, Vivekananda crammed immense labor and achievement into his short life, 1863-1902.

1. Golden Views of Swami Vivekananda
Dr. Sunita Pamnani

2. “Education is the
manifestation of the
perfection already in
man, and character is
the test of that
manifestation.

3. “We are ever free if we
would only believe it,
only have faith enough.
You are the soul,
free and eternal, ever free,
ever blessed.
Have faith enough and you
will be free in a minute.

4. We came to enjoy; we are being
enjoyed.
We came to rule; we are being ruled
We came to work; we are being
worked.
All the time, we find that.
And this comes into every detail of
our life

5. All search is vain, until we
begin to perceive that
wisdom is within ourselves
... then we may know the
sun is rising, that the
morning is breaking for us.

6. The world is ready to
give up its secrets if we
only know how to
knock, how to give it
the necessary blow. The
strength and force of
the blow come through
concentration

7. It is our mental attitude
which makes the world
what it is for us. Our
thoughts make things
beautiful, our thoughts
make things ugly. The
whole world is in our
own minds

8. Take up one idea. Make that
one idea your life – think of i
dream of it, live on idea. Let
the brain, muscles, nerves,
every part of your body, be
full of that idea, and just leav
every other idea alone. This
the way to success

9. “Even the greatest fool can
accomplish a task if it were after
his or
her heart. But the intelligent ones
are those who can convert every
work into one that suits their
taste.

10. .
“We are what our thoughts have
made us;
so take care about what you think.
Words are secondary. Thoughts live
they travel far.

11. .
“God is merciful to those
whom He sees struggling
heart
and soul for realization. But
remain idle, without any
struggle, and you will see
that His grace will never
come.

12. .
“This life is a hard fact; work your
way through it boldly, though it ma
be adamantine; no matter, the sou
is stronger.

13. .
“Great work requires great
and persistent effort for a
long time.
Character has to be
established through a
thousand stumbles.

14. .
You are the makers of
your own fortunes. You
make yourselves suffer,
you make good and evil,
and it is you who put
your hands before your
eyes and say it is dark.
Take your hands away
and see the light.

15. It will not do merely
to listen to great
principles. You must
apply them in the
practical field, turn
them into constant
practice.

16. Practice is absolutely
necessary. You may
sit down and listen to
me by the hour every
day, but if you do not
practice, you will not
get one step further.

17. It is impossible to
find God outside of
ourselves. We are
the greatest temple

18. The teachings of Krishna as
taught by the Gita are the
grandest the world has
ever known. He who wrote
that wonderful poem was
one of those rare souls
whose lives send a wave of
regeneration through the
world.

19. “Talk to yourself once in a
day…
otherwise you may miss
meeting
an excellent person in this
world”
~ Swami Vivekananda

20. “Talk to yourself once
in a day…
otherwise you may
miss meeting
an excellent person in
this world”
~ Swami Vivekananda

21. • Every thought is a
little hammer blow
on the lump of iron
which our bodies
are, manufacturing
out of it what we
want to be.

22. .
It is thought which is the
propelling force in us. Fill
the mind with the
highest thoughts, hear
them day after day, think
them month after month

23. Don't look back—forward,
infinite energy, infinite
enthusiasm, infinite daring,
and infinite patience—then
alone can great deeds be
accomplished.

24. When the mind is free from
activity or functioning, it
vanishes and the Self is revealed
This state has been described b
the commentator Shankara as
...supersensuous state.

25. “However we may receive blows,
and however knocked about we may be, the
Soul is there and is never injured. We are tha
Infinite.