Perfection is always infinite. We are the Infinite already. You and I, and all beings, are trying to manifest that infinity.
Swami VivekanandaWhat the world wants today is twenty men and women who can dare to stand in the street yonder and say that they possess nothing but God. Who will go? Why should one fear? If this is true, what else could matter? If it is not true, what do our lives matter?
Swami VivekanandaI remember that grand word of the Katha Upanishad - Shraddhรข or marvellous faith. An instance of Shraddha can be found in the life of Nachiketรข. To preach the doctrine of Shraddha or genuine faith is the mission of my life. Let me repeat to you that this faith is one of the potent factors of humanity and of all religions. First, have faith in yourselves.
Swami VivekanandaRenunciation is always the ideal of every race; only other races do not know what they are made to do by nature unconsciously.
Swami VivekanandaThere is no limit to the power of the human mind. The more concentrated it is, the more power is brought to bear on one point
Swami VivekanandaGet rid of the bondage of body; we have become slaves to it and learnt to hug our chains and love our slavery; so much so that we long to perpetuate it, and go on with "body" "body" for ever. Do not cling to the idea of "body", do not look for a future existence in any way like this one; do not love or want the body, even of those dear to us.
Swami Vivekananda