Swami Vivekananda Quotes About Joy

• If in this hell of a world one can bring a little joy and peace even for a day into the heart of a single person, that much alone is true; this I have learnt after suffering all my life; all else is mere moonshine.

  Swami Vivekananda

  Heart, Joy, Suffering

  Swami Vivekananda (2016). “Vivekananda Reader”, p.205, Advaita Ashrama (A publication branch of Ramakrishna Math, Belur Math)

• One may gain political and social independence, but if one is a slave to his passions and desires, one cannot feel the pure joy of real freedom

  Swami Vivekananda

  Real, Passion, Joy

  Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.2384, Manonmani Publishers

• It is always for greater joy that you give up the lesser. This is practical religion-the attainment of freedom, renunciation. Renounce the lower so that you may get the higher. Renounce! Renounce! Sacrifice! Give up! Not for zero. Not for nothing. But to get the higher.

  Swami Vivekananda

  Zero, Giving Up, Sacrifice

  Swami Vivekananda “Lectures Vol. 4”, Jazzybee Verlag

• Philosophy insists that there is a joy which is absolute, which never changes.

  Swami Vivekananda

  Philosophy, Joy, Never Change

  Swami Vivekananda (2015). “Jnana Yoga: The Yoga of Knowledge”, p.72, editionNEXT.com

• Learn to recognise the mother in Evil, Terror, Sorrow, Denial, as well as in Sweetness and in Joy.

  Swami Vivekananda

  Mother, Evil, Joy

  Swami Vivekananda (1965). “Awakened India”

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