Swami Vivekananda

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

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.

May He who is the Brahman of the Hindus, the Ahura-Mazda of the Zoroastrians, the Buddha of the Buddhists, the Jehovah of the Jews, the Father in Heaven of the Christians give strength to you to carry out your noble idea.

As different streams having different sources all mingle their waters in the sea, so different tendencies, various though they appear, crooked or straight, all lead to God.

If money help a man to do good to others, it is of some value; but if not, it is simply a mass of evil, and the sooner it is got rid of, the better.

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.

Never think there is anything impossible for the soul. It is the greatest heresy to think so. If there is sin, this is the only sin; to say that you are weak, or others are weak.

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

God is to be worshipped as the one beloved, dearer than everything in this and next life.

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.

Where can we go to find God if we cannot see Him in our own hearts and in every living being.

The whole secret of existence is to have no fear. Never fear what will become of you, depend on no one. Only the moment you reject all help are you freed.