26 Swami Vivekananda Quotes on Growth

Swami Vivekananda quotes on growth

4. In a day when you don't come across any problems - you can be sure that you are traveling in the wrong path

10. We must overcome difficulty by constant practice. We must learn that nothing can happen to us unless we make ourselves susceptible to it.

12. Education is the manifestation of perfection present already in man

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

23. There is nothing beyond God, and the sense enjoyments are simply something through which we are passing now in the hope of getting better things.

27. 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.

40. The Vedanta recognizes no sin it only recognizes error. And the greatest error, says the Vedanta is to say that you are weak, that you are a sinner, a miserable creature, and that you have no power and you cannot do this and that.

45. 'Face the brutes.' That is a lesson for all life-face the terrible, face it boldly. Like the monkeys, the hardships of life fall back when we cease to flee before them.

64. Blows are what awaken us and help to break the dream. They show us the insufficiency of this world and make us long to escape, to have freedom.

66. Come out into the broad light of day, come out from the little narrow paths, for how can the infinite soul rest content to live and die in small ruts?

78. Every step I take in light is mine forever.

88. God is very merciful to those whom He sees struggling heart and soul for spiritual realization. But remain idle, without any struggle, and you will see that His grace will never come.

89. Great work requires great and persistent effort for a long time. : Character has to be established through a thousand stumbles.

94. I fervently wish no misery ever came near anyone; yet it is that alone that gives us an insight into the depths of our lives, does it not? In our moments of anguish, gates barred forever seem to open and let in many a flood of light.

101. Impurity is a mere superimposition under which your real nature has become hidden. But the real you is already perfect, already strong.

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

116. One who leans on others cannot serve the God of Truth.

117. Our first duty is not to hate ourselves, because to advance we must have faith in ourselves first and then in God. Those who have no faith in themselves can never have faith in God.

124. Purity, patience, and perseverance are the three essentials to success and, above all, love.

138. The first sign that you are becoming religious is that you are becoming cheerful.

164. This is the first lesson to learn: be determined not to curse anything outside, not to lay the blame upon anyone outside, but stand up, lay the blame on yourself. You will find that is always true. Get hold of yourself.

167. Those who grumble at the little thing that has fallen to their lot to do will grumble at everything. Always grumbling, they will lead a miserable life, and everything will be a failure. But those who do their duties as they go, putting their shoulders to the wheel, will see the light, and higher duties will fall to their share.

187. Whenever we attain a higher vision, the lower vision disappears of itself.

201. When I Asked God for Strength He Gave Me Difficult Situations to Face

202. When I asked God for intelligence He Gave Me Puzzles to Solve.

205. When I Asked God for Favors He Showed Me Opportunities to Work Hard