Swami Vivekananda Quotes About House

• The power of concentration is the only key to the treasure-house of knowledge.

  Swami Vivekananda

  Keys, Focus, House

  Swami Vivekananda (2015). “Practical Vedanta Philosophy”, p.67, editionNEXT.com

• We may convert every house in the country into a charity asylum, we may fill the land with hospitals, but the misery of man will still continue to exist until man's character changes.

  Swami Vivekananda

  Country, Character, Men

  Swami Vivekananda (2016). “Vivekananda Reader”, p.290, Advaita Ashrama (A publication branch of Ramakrishna Math, Belur Math)

• Always discriminate-your body, your house, the people and the world are all absolutely unreal like a dream. Always think that the body is only an inert instrument. And the Atman within is your real nature.

  Swami Vivekananda

  Dream, Real, Thinking

• If I am a Pariah, I will be all the more glad, for I am the disciple of a man, who - the Brahmin of Brahmins - wanted to cleanse the house of a Pariah. (here "the man" means Ramakrishna)

  Swami Vivekananda

  Mean, Men, House

• We never want Him. We say, "Lord, give me a fine house." We want the house, not Him. "Give me health! Save me from this difficulty!" When a man wants nothing but Him, [he gets Him].

  Swami Vivekananda

  Health, Men, Giving

  Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.451, Manonmani Publishers

• I have long given up the idea of a little house on the Ganges, as I have not the money.

  Swami Vivekananda

  Ideas, Long, House

  Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.4341, Manonmani Publishers

• I reached Ghazipur three days ago. Here I am putting up in the house of Babu Satish Chandra Mukherji, a friend of my early age. The place is very pleasant. Close by flows the Ganga, but bathing there is troublesome, for there is no regular path, and it is hard work wading through sands.

  Swami Vivekananda

  Hard Work, Here I Am, House

  Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.2717, Manonmani Publishers

• If I ask you to plunge into the Ganga or to jump from the roof of a house, meaning it all for your good, could you do even that without any hesitations Just think of it even now; otherwise don't rush forward on the spur of the moment to accept me as your Guru.

  Swami Vivekananda

  Thinking, House, Spurs

  Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.3044, Manonmani Publishers

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