In the pages of history 4th July, 1902 is remembered as the darkest day of Indian history. On this Day the great reformers Swami Vivekananda took his last breath. He was one who introduced Hinduism to his Western audience and spoke about the importance of religious harmony and one of the most significant event of Vivekananda’s life was his groundbreaking speech on religious tolerance that he delivered at the 1893 World’s Parliament of Religions in Chicago.
Although he died at a young age of 39, his teachings and influential quotes has earned him immortality.
Some of the inspirational quotes given by Swami Vivekananda.
“You have to grow from the inside out. None can teach you, none can make you spiritual. There is no other teacher, but your soul.”
“You know, I may have to be born again, you see, I have fallen in love with mankind
“We are what our thoughts have made us; so take care about what you think. Words are secondary. Thoughts live; they travel far.”
“Arise, awake and do not stop until the goal is achieved.”
“Stand up, be bold, and take the blame on your own shoulders. Do not go about throwing mud at other; for all the faults you suffer from, you are the sole and only cause.”
“Learn everything that is good from others, but bring it in, and in your own way adsorb it; do not become others.”
“You should work like a master and not as a slave; work incessantly, but do not do a slave’s work.”
