Some quotes from Speaking Tree by Swami Vivekananda
- 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.
- FEEL like Christ and you will be a Christ; feel like Buddha and you will be a Buddha. It is feeling that is the life, the strength, the vitality, without which no amount of intellectual activity can reach God.'.
- GOD of truth, be Thou alone my guide..'.
- Everyone should know that there is no salvation except through the conquering of desires.
- Purity is strength. Spiritual truth is purity.
- The first sign that you are becoming religious is that you are becoming cheerful.
- The less passion there is, the better we work. The calmer we are, the better for us and the more the amount of work we can do. When we let loose our feelings, we waste so much energy, shatter our nerves, disturb our minds, and accomplish very little work.
- There is only one sin. That is weakness.... The only saint is that soul that never weakens, faces everything, and determines to die game.
- Both the forces of good and evil will keep the universe alive for us, until we awake from our dreams and give up this building of mud pies.
- “Comfort” is no test of truth; on the contrary, truth is often far from being “comfortable.”.
