Quote #195

Sisters and Brothers of America. [At this moment came the three minute standing ovation from the audience of 7,000] It fills my heart with joy unspeakable to rise in response to the warm and cordial welcome which you have given us. I thank you in name of the most ancient order of monks in the world; I thank you in the name of the mother of religions; and I thank you in the name of millions and millions of Hindu people of all classes and sects.

More from Swami Vivekananda

  1. Worship of society and popular opinion is idolatry. The soul has no sex, no country, no place, no time.
  2. My thanks also to some of the speakers on this platform who, referring to the delegates from the Orient, have told you that these men from …
  3. Work on with the intrepidity of a lion but at the same time with the tenderness of a flower.
  4. I am proud to belong to a religion which has taught the world both tolerance and universal acceptance. We believe not only in universal tol…
  5. Work and worship are necessary to take away the veil, to lift off the bondage and illusion.
  6. I will quote to you brethren a few lines from a hymn which I remember to have repeated from my earliest childhood, which is every day repea…
  7. Women will work out their destinies-much better, too, than men can ever do for them. All the mischief to women has come because men underto…
  8. The present convention, which is one of the most august assemblies ever held, is in itself a vindication, a declaration to the world of the…

All Swami Vivekananda quotes