Swami Vivekananda's life ideals to wake you up!
Swami Vivekananda, the knower of Vedas and, thus, the great philosopher, worked for India’s upliftment and taught people the art of living. His ideas for philanthropy, brotherhood, love, self-respect, education, and women’s emancipation are relevant today and will continue to show the ways to people in the times to come. Swami Vivekananda was born on January 12, 1863. I am telling you about 22 such thoughts of his which teach you ways to live, and these secrets of Swami Vivekananda’s life can make you a successful man in life.
- “The biggest sin is to contemplate yourself weak.”
- “All the powers of the universe are already ours. It’s we who put our hands on our eyes and then cry that how much darkness is there.”
- “Just because the streams originating from different sources mix their water within the sea, so every path chosen by us, whether good or bad, leads to God.”
- “Don’t condemn anyone. If you can extend a helping hand, then extend it. If you can’t, then join your hands, bless your brothers, and let them go their way.”
- “It is not crucial to have many relationships in life, but it is necessary to own life within the relationships that exist.”
- “We are what our thinking has made us, so be mindful of what you think. Words are secondary. Thoughts stay, they travel far.”
- “Until you believe in yourself, you can’t believe in God.”
- “The more you move out and benefit others, the more honest your heart is and God will board in it.”
- “You should grow from the within out. Nobody can teach you, nobody can make you spiritual. There is no other teacher than your soul.”
- “You are closer to heaven through football than by studying the Bhagavad Gita.”
- “Listen to the center within the conflict between heart and mind.”
- “Someday, after you don’t face any problem, you’ll be sure that you are on the wrong track.”
- “Love is expansion, selfishness is contraction. So, love is that the principle of life. One who loves succeeds in life, and one who is selfish regrets later. Thus, love for love’s sake, because it is the sole principle to live, just as you breathe to survive.”
- “We reap what we sow. We ourselves are the creators of our own destiny. The wind is blowing. The ships whose sails are open, run into it and proceed in their direction, but whose sails are tied can’t catch the wind. Is it the wind’s fault? So, we make our destiny own.”
- “What you think you’ll become so, if you think yourself weak, you’ll become weak. If you’re thinking yourself strong, you’ll become strong.”
- “When people abuse you, you bless them. Think how much they are helping you by casting off your false conceit.”
- “Swami Vivekananda used to say, ‘As long as I live, I learn’. A person or a society which has nothing to find out is already on the verge of death.”
- “First, every good thing is formed fun of, then there’s opposition, and then it’s accepted.”
- “Talk to yourself once a day as an alternative to talking to the most important person in the world.”
- “People make fun of me because I am different. I laugh at people because they’re all identical.”
- “Even after many shortcomings in ourselves, we love ourselves, so how can we hate others with a little lack of them?”
- Be alone; people who live alone have no opposition from anyone. They neither disturb the peace of anyone, nor does anyone else disturb their peace.
Arise, awake, and don’t stop till you reach the destination; Swami Vivekananda’s ideals are a great inspiration for the youth, despite being a spiritual figure. Even today, many of us worldwide consider only his principles as our guide. A person can learn a lot from his precious thoughts. The art of living life and success secrets hide in his thoughts.