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Swami Vivekananda (1863 to 1902) was a monk and a disciple of Sri Ramakrishna. His address at the Parliament of Religions in Chicago on 11 September 1893 made him known across the world. His birthday, 12 January, is observed in India as National Youth Day. His lectures and letters are collected in The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda.

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  • Sisters and Brothers of America, it fills my heart with joy unspeakable to rise in response to the warm and cordial welcome which you have given us.

    Swami Vivekananda, Address at the Parliament of Religions, Chicago, 11 September 1893

  • Arise, awake, and stop not till the goal is reached.

    Swami Vivekananda, Lectures from Colombo to Almora (1897)

  • Strength is life, weakness is death.

    Swami Vivekananda, The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda

  • Each soul is potentially divine.

    Swami Vivekananda, Raja Yoga (1896)

  • Education is the manifestation of the perfection already in man.

    Swami Vivekananda, Letter, 1894, in The Complete Works

  • Religion is the manifestation of the Divinity already in man.

    Swami Vivekananda, Letter, 1894, in The Complete Works

  • They alone live who live for others, the rest are more dead than alive.

    Swami Vivekananda, Letter to the Maharaja of Mysore, 1894

  • So long as the millions live in hunger and ignorance, I hold every man a traitor who, having been educated at their expense, pays not the least heed to them.

    Swami Vivekananda, Letter, 1894, in The Complete Works

  • The old religions said that he was an atheist who did not believe in God. The new religion says that he is the atheist who does not believe in himself.

    Swami Vivekananda, Practical Vedanta, lecture in London, 1896

  • We are what our thoughts have made us; so take care about what you think.

    Swami Vivekananda, The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda

  • The greatest sin is to think yourself weak.

    Swami Vivekananda, The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda

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