9 Swami Vivekananda Quotes on Philosophy

Swami Vivekananda quotes on philosophy

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

33. The spirit is the cause of all our thoughts and body-action, and everything, but it is untouched by good or evil, pleasure or pain, heat or cold, and all the dualism of nature, although it lends its light to everything.

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.

59. As soon as I think that I am a little body, I want to preserve it, to protect it, to keep it nice, at the expense of other bodies; then you and I become separate.

82. First get rid of the delusion 'I am the body,' then only will we want real knowledge.

152. The Soul is not composed of any materials. It is unity indivisible. Therefore it must be indestructible.

158. There is one thing to be remembered: that the assertion-I am God-cannot be made with regard to the sense-world.

171. Understanding human nature is the highest knowledge, and only by knowing it can we know God. It is also a fact that the knowledge of God is the highest knowledge, and only by knowing God can we understand human nature.

176. We have to go back to philosophy to treat things as they are. We are suffering from our own karma. It is not the fault of God. What we do is our own fault, nothing else. Why should God be blamed?