Swami Vivekananda

“Look upon every man, woman, and everyone as God. You cannot help anyone, you can only serve: serve the children of the Lord, serve the Lord Himself, if you have the privilege.”

“If God is not within yourself, then He never was anywhere.”

“What our country now wants are muscles of iron and nerves of steel, gigantic wills, which nothing can resist.”

“First of all, our young men must be strong. Religion will come afterwards.”

“You will be nearer to heaven through football than through the study of the Gita.”

“Ask nothing; want nothing in return. Give what you have to give; it will come back to you — but do not think of that now.”

“The fool will have his rebirth; the wise will not.”

“Pleasure is not the goal of man, but knowledge.”

“Every action that helps us to manifest our divine nature more and more is good; every action that retards it is evil.”

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

“It is the patient building of character, the intense struggle to realize the truth, which alone will tell in the future of humanity.”

“What we wish ourselves to be, we have the power to make ourselves.”

“Idleness is the greatest evil; do not yield to it.”

“Holiness, purity and charity are not the exclusive possessions of any church in the world, and every system has produced men and women of the most exalted character.”

“Every action that helps us to manifest our divine nature more and more is good.”

“All power is within you; you can do anything and everything. Believe in that, do not believe that you are weak.”

“Do not figure out big plans at first, but start slowly, feel the ground and proceed.”

“We may go through millions of books, but we cannot understand a word of religion or of God unless we attain spiritual realization.”

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