Swami Vivekananda

"Impurity is the root cause of all weakness."

"Books are a great help in the concentration of thought and increase of knowledge."

"Who can teach when all are teachers? The infinite library of the universe is open."

"The greatest truths are the simplest things in life."

"Hold on to the truth you have found; truth can never hurt you."

"If faith in ourselves had been more, the world would have been conquered long ago."

"Know thyself; that is the great injunction."

"The great religion of the future will be as free as the air we breathe."

"We are what our thoughts have made us; so take care about what you think."

"The essence of all religions, all codes of conduct, all sciences is the same."

"The moment you fear, you are nobody."

"Love is the greatest religion."

"All love is expansion, all selfishness is contraction."

"Work and worship are the only way to take away the impurities of the mind."

"Arise, awake and stop not until your goal is reached."

"The great aim of our work should be to do good to others."

"Strength is the medicine for the world's disease."

"The world needs the religion which will satisfy the twentieth century mind."

"The greatest religion is to be true to your own nature, and to do good to others."

"The highest truths are the simplest things in the world, simple as your own existence."

"Man is God; nothing can be more wicked than to say God is in one place and not in another."

"Do not seek illumination unless you seek it as a man whose hair is on fire."

"The greatest religion is the religion of selflessness."

"Why should a man fear? Fear is the greatest curse, fear is the root of all misery."

"The moment I have realized that God is in every man, that moment I am free."

"Practical religion is the only religion; it is the religion of work."

"It is our determination and not our circumstances that makes us happy or unhappy."

"The greatest religion is the religion of truthfulness."

"Love, truth, and unselfishness are the only things of eternal value."

"The greatest religion is the religion of love."