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Swami Vivekananda
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A key figure in the introduction of Indian philosophies to the Western world. He is renowned for his speeches at the Parliament of the World's Religions in 1893, where he spoke on the universality of spirituality and the importance of religious tolerance. His teachings emphasized the need for personal spiritual development and the idea of serving humanity as a form of worship. He played a crucial role in the revival of Hinduism and the promotion of Vedanta philosophy globally. His work inspired many to explore spiritual and philosophical thought.

Let us blame none, let us blame our own Karma.

Swami Vivekananda

Attachment comes only where we expect a return.

Swami Vivekananda

All the powers in the universe are already ours.

Swami Vivekananda

Bodies come and go, but the soul does not change.

Swami Vivekananda

The Hindus progressed in the subjective sciences.

Swami Vivekananda

Marriage and sex and money the only living devils.

Swami Vivekananda

My bones are destined to make corals in the Ganga.

Swami Vivekananda

The greatest help to spiritual life is meditation.

Swami Vivekananda

It is a constant change. Not one body is constant.

Swami Vivekananda

Man is born to conquer nature and not to follow it.

Swami Vivekananda

The world sympathizes only with strong and powerful.

Swami Vivekananda

Man is really free, the real man cannot but be free.

Swami Vivekananda

Everything is present in its cause, in its fine form.

Swami Vivekananda

If one has got power, one must manifest it in action.

Swami Vivekananda

Two things control man's character; Strength and Pity

Swami Vivekananda

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

Swami Vivekananda

The soul has neither sex, nor caste nor imperfection.

Swami Vivekananda

See Christ, then you are a Christian; all else is talk.

Swami Vivekananda

Believe in yourself and the world will be at your feet.

Swami Vivekananda

Cowards only sin, brave men never, no, not even in mind.

Swami Vivekananda

Renunciation is the very basis upon which ethics stands.

Swami Vivekananda

In art, interest must be centred on the principal theme.

Swami Vivekananda

Weakness is constant strain and misery: weakness is death.

Swami Vivekananda