Great enterprise, boundless courage, tremendous energy, and, above all, perfect obedience - these are the only traits that lead to individual and national regeneration. These traits are altogether lacking in us.
Why are people so afraid? The answer is that they have made themselves helpless and dependent on others. We are so lazy, we do not want to do anything ourselves. We want a Personal God, a Savior or a Prophet to do everything for us.
We ourselves are the creators of our own future. Our thoughts, speech, actions, habits, practices, lifestyle. It's in our own hands.
In a conflict between the heart and the brain, follow your heart. - Swami Vivekananda
Things are not bettered, but we are bettered, by making changes in them. ~ Swami Vivekananda
The ideal man is he who, in the midst of the greatest silence & solitude finds the intensest activity. -Swami Vivekananda
Be moral, Be Brave,, Be a heart-whole man-strictly moral, brave unto desperation.- Swami Vivekananda
Awake,awake,great ones! The world is burning with misery. Let’s call & call till the god within answers. - Swami Vivekananda
"Where can we go to find God if we cannot see Him in our own hearts and in every living being." - Swami Vivekananda