Swami Vivekananda Quotes About Ego

• All action of Sattva, a modification of Prakriti characterised by light and happiness, is for the soul. When Sattva is free from egoism and illuminated with the pure intelligence of Purusha, it is called the self-centred one, because in that state it becomes independent of all relations.

  Swami Vivekananda

  Independent, Light, Self

  Swami Vivekananda (2012). “Raja Yoga (Annotated Edition)”, p.135, Jazzybee Verlag

• We have not faith, we have not patience to see this. We trust the man in the street; but there is one being in the universe we never trust and that is God. We trust Him when He works just our way. But the time will come when, getting blow after blow, the self - sufficient mind will die. In everything we do, the serpent ego is rising up. We are glad that there are so many thorns on the path. They strike the hood of the cobra.

  Swami Vivekananda

  Patience, Perseverance, Blow

  Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.2644, Manonmani Publishers

• Until we give up the world manufactured by the ego, never can we enter the kingdom of heaven. None ever did, none ever will.

  Swami Vivekananda

  Jesus, Giving Up, Heaven

  Swami Vivekananda (1955). “Complete Works”

• How long do you remember that it is the Lord who is making you work? But then, by repeatedly analysing like that, you will come to a state when the ego will vanish and in its place the Lord will come in. Then you will be able to say with justice "Thou, Lord, art guarding all my actions from within." But, my friend, if the ego occupies all the space within your heart, where forsooth will there be room enough for the Lord to come in? The Lord is verily absent!

  Swami Vivekananda

  Art, Space, Long

• Say - i am the Atman in which my lower ego has become merged for ever. Be perfect in this idea; and then as long as the body endures, speak unto others this message of fearlessness: "Thou art That", "Arise, awake, and stop not till the goal is reached!"

  Swami Vivekananda

  Art, Ideas, Long

  Swami Vivekananda (1976). “Awakened India”

• This intelligence itself is modified into what we call egoism, and this intelligence is the cause of all the powers in the body. It covers the whole ground, sub-consciousness, consciousness, and super-consciousness.

  Swami Vivekananda

  Ego, Body, Causes

  Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.864, Manonmani Publishers

• I am neither the mind, nor the intellect, nor the ego, nor the mind-stuff

  Swami Vivekananda

  Ego, Mind, Stuff

  Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.1786, Manonmani Publishers

• The "ego" like its correlative "non-ego", is the product of the body, mind etc. The only proof of the existence of the real Self is realisation.

  Swami Vivekananda

  Real, Self, Ego

  Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.2282, Manonmani Publishers

• This rascal ego must be obliterated.

  Swami Vivekananda

  Ego, Rascals

  Swami Vivekananda (1955). “Complete Works”

• In everything we do, the serpent ego is rising up.

  Swami Vivekananda

  Rising Up, Ego, Cobras

  Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.2644, Manonmani Publishers

• The ego of man and woman is the soul. If the soul is independent, how then can it be isolated from the infinite whole?

  Swami Vivekananda

  Independent, Men, Ego

  Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.1395, Manonmani Publishers

• Throw overboard all idea of jealousy and egotism, once for all. Come on to the practical field with tremendous energy; to work, in the fullness of strength! As to the rest, the Lord will point out the way.

  Swami Vivekananda

  Ideas, Ego, Energy

  Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.2790, Manonmani Publishers

• It will be a great pity if any feeling of jealousy or egotism gain ground amongst you.

  Swami Vivekananda

  Ego, Feelings, Gains

  Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.3431, Manonmani Publishers

• The mind in its foolishness thinks that it is working in this body. Why should I be bound by one system of nerves, and put the Ego only in one body, if the mind is omnipresent? There is no reason why I should.[Source]
  The root of that degeneration is egotism - to think that one is just as great as any other, indeed!

  Swami Vivekananda

  Thinking, Roots, Ego

• To give up the world is to forget the ego, to know it not at all - living in the body, but not of it.

  Swami Vivekananda

  Giving Up, Ego, World

  Swami Vivekananda (1955). “Complete Works”

• Man only remains hypnotised with the false idea of an ego. When this ghost is off from us, all dreams vanish, and then it is found that the one Self only exists from the highest Being to a blade of grass.

  Swami Vivekananda

  Dream, Men, Self

  Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.3047, Manonmani Publishers

• The world is a demon. It is a kingdom of which the puny ego is king. Put it away and stand firm.

  Swami Vivekananda

  Kings, Ego, World

  Swami Vivekananda (1953). “Complete Works”

• Truth will never come into our minds so long as there will remain the faintest shadow of Ahamkâra (egotism). All of you should try to root out this devil from your heart. Complete self-surrender is the only way to spiritual illumination.

  Swami Vivekananda

  Spiritual, Heart, Self

• Did Buddha teach that the many was real and the ego unreal, while orthodox Hinduism regards the One as the real, and the many as unreal?" the Swami was asked. "Yes", answered the Swami. "And what Ramakrishna Paramahamsa and I have added to this is, that the Many and the One are the same Reality, perceived by the same mind at different times and in different attitudes.

  Swami Vivekananda

  Attitude, Real, Ego

  Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.3717, Manonmani Publishers

• One possessing Vairagya does not understand by Atman the individual ego but the All-pervading Lord, residing as the Self and Internal Ruler in all. He is perceivable by all as the sum total.

  Swami Vivekananda

  Self, Ego, Doe

  Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.2110, Manonmani Publishers

• There is no good in store so long as malice and jealousy and egotism will prevail.

  Swami Vivekananda

  Long, Ego, Stores

  Swami Vivekananda, Vivekananda Kendra (2009). “Swami Vivekananda's Rousing Call to Hindu Nation”, p.135, Vivekananda Kendra

• We become forgetful of the ego when we think of the body as dedicated to the service of others - the body with which most complacently we identify the ego.

  Swami Vivekananda

  Thinking, Ego, Body

  Swami Vivekananda (2015). “Personality Development”, p.37, Advaita Ashrama

• Egotism, pride, etc. must be given up.

  Swami Vivekananda

  Pride, Ego, Etc

  Swami Vivekananda (1926). “The Complete Works of the Swami Vivekananda, Comprising All His Lectures, Addresses and Discourses Delivered in Europe, America and India: All His Writings in Prose and Poetry, Together with Translations of Those Written in Bengali and Sanskrit; Reports of His Interviews and His Replies to the Various Addresses of Welcome; His Sayings and Epistles,--private and Public--original and Translated; with an Index; Carefully Revised & Edited”

• Out of Mahat comes universal egoism.

  Swami Vivekananda

  Ego, Egoism, Universal

  Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.862, Manonmani Publishers

• There is the mind itself. It is like a smooth lake which when struck, say by a stone, vibrates. The vibrations gather together and react on the stone, and all through the lake they will spread and be felt. The mind is like the lake; it is constantly being set in vibrations, which leave an impression on the mind; and the idea of the Ego, or personal self, the "I", is the result of these impressions. This "I" therefore is only the very rapid transmission of force and is in itself no reality.

  Swami Vivekananda

  Reality, Ideas, Lakes

  Swami Vivekananda (1926). “The Complete Works of the Swami Vivekananda, Comprising All His Lectures, Addresses and Discourses Delivered in Europe, America and India: All His Writings in Prose and Poetry, Together with Translations of Those Written in Bengali and Sanskrit; Reports of His Interviews and His Replies to the Various Addresses of Welcome; His Sayings and Epistles,--private and Public--original and Translated; with an Index; Carefully Revised & Edited”

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