Tuesday, January 13, 2015

Ten life lessons by Swami Vivekananda on his birth anniversary




Swami Vivekananda was instrumental in introducing the Indian philosophies of Vedanta to the western world (Source: Wikipedia))
By: Express News Service listing 10 of his best motivational quotes. Which one of your favourite? Tell us and share it with your friends.
1. You cannot believe in God until you believe in yourself.
- Swami Vivekananda
2. Arise! Awake! and stop not until the goal is reached.
- Swami Vivekananda
3. You have to grow from the inside out. None can teach you, none can make you spiritual. There is no other teacher but your own soul.
- Swami Vivekananda
4. “In a conflict between the heart and the brain, follow your heart.”
- Swami Vivekananda
5. “They alone live, who live for others.”
- Swami Vivekananda
6. “Neither seek nor avoid, take what comes.”
- Swami Vivekananda
7. “Comfort is no test of truth. Truth is often far from being comfortable.”
- Swami Vivekananda
8. “The fire that warms us can also consume us; it is not the fault of the fire.”
- Swami Vivekananda
9. “Ask nothing; want nothing in return. Give what you have to give; it will come back to you, but do not think of that now.”
- Swami Vivekananda
10. “Do one thing at a Time, and while doing it put your whole Soul into it to the exclusion of all else.”
- Swami Vivekananda
(Compiled and designed by Parmita Uniyal)