Sep 11, 2024
On this day, years before Swami Vivekananda gave a groundbreaking speech at the World’s Parliament of Religions which later became one of the most iconic speeches every delivered on a global stage.
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"I thank you in the name of the most ancient order of monks in the world, I thank you in the name of the mother of religions, and I thank you in the name of millions and millions of Hindu people of all classes and sects," he had said in the speech.
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You must introduce your kids to the life and quotes of the philosopher. Here are a few quotes by Swami Vivekananda:
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“Take up one idea. Make that one idea your life; dream of it; think of it; live on that idea. Let the brain, the body, muscles, nerves, every part of your body be full of that idea, and just leave every other idea alone. ”
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“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.”
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“In a day, when you don't come across any problems - you can be sure that you are travelling in a wrong path”
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“The great secret of true success, of true happiness, is this: the man or woman who asks for no return, the perfectly unselfish person, is the most successful.”
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“Anything that makes you weak - physically, intellectually and spiritually, reject it as poison.”
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“We are what our thoughts have made us; so take care about what you think. Words are secondary. Thoughts live; they travel far.”
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