15 Swami Vivekananda Quotes on Mind

Swami Vivekananda quotes on mind

18. External nature is only internal nature writ large.

49. All knowledge that the world has ever received comes from the mind; the infinite library of the universe is in our own mind.

85. Go on saying, 'I am free.' Never mind if the next moment delusion comes and says, 'I am bound.' Dehypnotize the whole thing.

99. If you think that you are bound, you remain bound; you make your own bondage. If you know that you are free, you are free this moment. This is knowledge, knowledge of freedom. Freedom is the goal of all nature.

104. It is the cheerful mind that is persevering. It is the strong mind that hews its way through a thousand difficulties.

109. Learning and wisdom are superfluities, the surface glitter merely, but it is the heart that is the seat of all power. It is not in the brain but in the heart that the Atman, possessed of knowledge, power, and activity, has its seat.

110. Let us not depend upon the world for pleasure.

125. Religion as a science, as a study, is the greatest and healthiest exercise that the human mind can have.

128. Soft-brained people, weak-minded, chicken-hearted, cannot find the truth. One has to be free, and as broad as the sky.

132. Strength is the sign of vigor, the sign of life, the sign of hope, the sign of health, and the sign of everything that is good. As long as the body lives, there must be strength in the body, strength in the mind, strength in the hand.

141. The important thing is: how much less you think of the body, of yourself as matter-as dead, dull, insentient matter; how much more you think of yourself as shining immortal being.

143. The mind is but the subtle part of the body. You must retain great strength in your mind and words.

148. The powers of the mind are like the rays of te sun when they are concentrated they illumine.

150. The powers of the mind should be concentrated and the mind turned back upon itself; as the darkest places reveal their secrets before the penetrating rays of the sun, so will the concentrated mind penetrate its own innermost secrets.

179. We must have friendship for all; we must be merciful toward those that are in misery; when people are happy, we ought to be happy; and to the wicked we must be indifferent. These attitudes will make the mind peaceful.