He (God) reveals himself to the pure heart.

— Swami Vivekananda

He who has no faith in himself can never have faith in God. 

— Swami Vivekananda

How often does a man ruin his disciples by remaining always with them! When men are once trained, it is essential that their leader leave them, for without his absence they cannot develop themselves. Plants always remain small under a big tree.

— Swami Vivekananda

If faith in ourselves had been more extensively taught and practiced, I am sure a very large portion of the evils and miseries that we have would have vanished.

— Swami Vivekananda

If I am unhappy, it has been of my own making, and that very thing shows that I can be happy if I will.

— Swami Vivekananda

If money help a man to do good to others, it is of some value; but if not, it is simply a mass of evil, and the sooner it is got rid of, the better.

— Swami Vivekananda

If you want to do a great or a good work, do not trouble to think what the result will be.

— Swami Vivekananda

If you want to help others, your little self must go.

— Swami Vivekananda

Ignorance is the mother of all the evil and all the misery we see. Let men have light, let them be pure and spiritually strong and educated, then alone will misery cease in the world, not before. 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

Infinite faith and strength are the only conditions of success.

— Swami Vivekananda