Swami Vivekananda

“Fill the brain with high thoughts, highest ideals, place them day and night before you, and out of that will come great work.”

“All differences in this world are of degree, and not of kind, because oneness is the secret of everything.”

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

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

“Arise, awake, and stop not till the goal is reached.”

“You have to grow from the inside out. None can teach you, none can make you spiritual. There is no other teacher but your own soul.”

“The greatest religion is to be true to your own nature. Have faith in yourselves.”

“Take up one idea. Make that one idea your life - think of it, dream of it, live on that idea. Let the brain, muscles, nerves, every part of your body, be full of that idea, and just leave every other idea alone. This is the way to success.”

“In a conflict between the heart and the brain, follow your heart.”

“All the powers in the universe are already ours. It is we who have put our hands before our eyes and cry that it is dark.”

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

“Talk to yourself once in a day, otherwise you may miss meeting an excellent person in this world.”

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

“They alone live, who live for others.”

“Strength is Life, Weakness is Death.”

“Be not afraid of anything. You will do marvelous work. It is fear that is the great cause of misery in the world.”

“Condemn none: if you can stretch out a helping hand, do so. If you cannot, fold your hands, bless your brothers, and let them go their own way.”

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

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

“The whole secret of existence is to have no fear. Never fear what will become of you, depend on no one.”