Swami Vivekananda Quotes About God

• You cannot believe in God until you believe in yourself.

  Swami Vivekananda

  Inspirational, Motivational, God

  Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.2374, Manonmani Publishers

• Even the lowest of the low have the Atman (Soul) inside, which never dies and never is born, immortal, without beginning or end, the all pure, omnipotent and omnipresent Atman!

  Swami Vivekananda

  God, Spiritual, Soul

• In every man and in every animal, however weak or wicked, great or small, resides the same omnipresent, omniscient soul. The difference is not in the soul, but in the manifestation. Between me and the smallest animal, the difference is only in manifestation, but as a principle he is the same as I am, he is my brother, he has the same soul as I have. This is the greatest principle that India has preached.

  Swami Vivekananda

  God, Brother, Animal

  "Prabuddha Bharata: Or Awakened India".

• It may be that I shall find it good to get outside of my body - to cast it off like a disused garment. But I shall not cease to work! I shall inspire men everywhere, until the world shall know that it is one with God.

  Swami Vivekananda

  God, Men, Inspire

  Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.2379, Manonmani Publishers

• Since everything emanates from God, he is the embodied principle in every being. Each one of us is made from God. Tat twam asi - "You are That One" who is eternally blissful, that one principle manifesting itself as this variety of Creation.

  Swami Vivekananda

  God, Principles, Creation

• There is but one soul throughout the universe, all is but one existence - "Thou art in the woman, thou in the man, thou in the young man walking in the pride of youth, thou in the old man tottering on his stick - thou art All - in all, in everything, and I am thee, because I am made from thee."

  Swami Vivekananda

  God, Art, Pride

• Realize your true nature. That is all there is to do. Know yourself as you are - infinite Spirit. That is practical religion. Everything else is impractical, for everything else will perish.

  Swami Vivekananda

  God, Spiritual, Soul

• Spirituality is the science of the Soul.

  Swami Vivekananda

  God, Spiritual, Soul

  Swami Vivekananda (2015). “Lectures from Colombo to Almora”, p.72, editionNEXT.com

• It is not that Christ is superior to Allah, not that Allah is everything and Brahma is nothing, but it is the same one whom you call either Brahma or Allah, or Almighty, or by a hundred other names. The names are different but God is one and the same.

  Swami Vivekananda

  God, Names, Different

• Without birth or death, eternal, ever-existing, free, unchangeable and beyond all conditions is this Soul of man - the real Self of Man - the Atman.

  Swami Vivekananda

  God, Spiritual, Real

• Because the Soul is not made of matter, since it is spiritual, it cannot obey the laws of matter, it cannot be judged by the laws of matter.

  Swami Vivekananda

  God, Spiritual, Law

  Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.1304, Manonmani Publishers

• God is one the paths to reach him (religions) are many - just as different rivers, originating in different mountains, traverse different paths, flowing straight or crooked, and at last join the ocean. He is the one Lord of all, the one Soul of all souls.

  Swami Vivekananda

  God, Ocean, Rivers

• In whatever name or form they are offered, all these flowers are laid at God's feet, for He is the one Lord of all, the one Soul of all souls.

  Swami Vivekananda

  God, Flower, Names

• God is pure, and the same to all.

  Swami Vivekananda

  God, Pure

  Swami Vivekananda (2015). “Lectures from Colombo to Almora”, p.192, editionNEXT.com

• Look upon every man, woman, and everyone as God. You cannot help anyone, you can only serve: serve the children of the Lord, serve the Lord Himself, if you have the privilege.

  Swami Vivekananda

  Inspirational, Motivational, Inspiring

  Swami Vivekananda, Ann Myren (1993). “Living at the Source: Yoga Teachings of Vivekananda”, Shambhala Publications

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