Swami Vivekananda

The goal of mankind is knowledge ... Now this knowledge is inherent in man. No knowledge comes from outside: it is all inside. What we say a man 'knows', should, in strict psychological language, be what he 'discovers' or 'unveils'; what man 'learns' is really what he discovers by taking the cover off his own soul, which is a mine of infinite knowledge.

Each nation has an identity and _x000D_ destiny. As far as Bharat is concerned, _x000D_ Hindu is its identity and religion is its _x000D_ way of working

The more we grow in love and virtue and holiness, the more we see love and virtue and holiness outside. All condemnation of others really condemns ourselves. Adjust the microcosm (which is in your power to do) and the macrocosm will adjust itself for you. It is like the hydrostatic paradox, one drop of water can balance the universe.

As long as we require someone else to make us happy, we are slaves.

Thoughts are living things - they travel far.

Renunciation is the very basis upon which ethics stands. There never was an ethical code preached which had not renunciation for its basis.

Renunciation is always the ideal of every race; only other races do not know what they are made to do by nature unconsciously.

Renunciation, and renunciation alone, is the real secret, the Mulamantra, of all Realisation.

Give up, renounce the world. Now we are like dogs strayed into a kitchen and eating a piece of meat, looking round in fear lest at any moment some one may come and drive them out. Instead of that, be a king and know you own the world. This never comes until you give it up and it ceases to bind. Give up mentally, if you do not physically. Give up from the heart of your hearts

Highest love for God can never be achieved without renunciation.

When the body is still healthy and diseaseless, When old age has not yet attacked it

The sign of vigour, the sign of life, the sign of hope, the sign of health, the sign of everything that is good, is strength. As long as the body lives, there must be strength in the body, strength in the mind, [and strength] in the hand.

Pay particular attention to your health, but too much coddling of the body will, on the contrary, also spoil the health.

This craving for health, wealth, long life, and the like - the so - called good - is nothing but an illusion.

How to transcend the senses without disturbing the health is what we want to learn.

He who wants to become a Bhakta must be strong, must be healthy.

Consciously or unconsciously, health can be transmitted. A very strong man, living with a weak man, will make him a little stronger, whether he knows it or not.

You know your real nature [to be divine]. You are the king and play you are a beggar. . . . It is all fun. Know it and play. That is all there is to it. Then practice it. The whole universe is a vast play.

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. It all depends on practice.

One ounce of practice is worth a thousand pounds of theory.

It is practice first, and knowledge afterwards.