Top Swami Vivekananda Quotes for Best Life

Swami Vivekananda, also known as Narendranath Dutta (12 January 1863–4 July 1902) was born in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. He was an Indian author, philosopher,  religious teacher, and the chief disciple of the Indian mystic Ramakrishna. He was always inclined toward devotion. He is known for the introduction of the Indian philosophies of Vedanta and Yoga to the Western world. He is best known for his speech, "Sisters and Brothers of America," in which he explained Hinduism at the Parliament of the World’s Religions in Chicago in 1893. These Swami Vivekananda Quotes for the Best Life give strength and self-confidence to have a happy life.

Fascinating facts about Swami Vivekananda:-

• Ramakrishna Deva (Swami’s Guru) taught him that ‘service to God could be rendered by service to mankind’.
• Swami Vivekananda's birthday is remembered as National Youth Day in India.
• His father's name is Vishwanath Dutta, and he was an attorney at the Calcutta High Court.
• He was educated at a Western university, where he was exposed to Western Christianity, philosophy, and science. 
• The most prominent element of Vivekananda’s thought is social reform. 
• He joined the Brahmo Samaj (Society of Brahma), dedicated to eliminating child marriage and illiteracy and determined to spread education among women and the lower castes.
• He wasn’t great at academics. He scored a mere 47% in the entrance-level examination of the university, followed by just 46% in FA, which was later named IA, or Intermediate Arts. In B.A.
• After his father's death, Narendranath Dutta (Swami Vivekananda) would often lie to his mother about lunch invitations from his friends. Actually, there were no such invitations, and he went out of the house so that the other members of his family could eat his share of the food. 
• He used to starve himself because of financial instability and the scarcity of food.

Swami Vivekananda Quotes for Family Relationships:

• “ Mother is the first manifestation of power and is considered a higher idea than father.” 

• “ Things do not grow better they remain as they are. It is we who grow better by the changes we make in ourselves.”

• “ All things in the universe are of divine origin and deserve to be loved; it has, however, to be borne in mind that the love of the whole includes the love of the parts.”

• “ Do not hate anybody, because that hatred which comes out from you must, in the long run, come back to you. If you love, that love will come back to you, completing the circle.”

• “ Bless people when they revile you. Think how much good they are doing by helping to stamp out the false ego.”

• “ Believe in yourself and the world will be at your feet.” 

• “ In hurting anyone, you hurt yourself, in loving anyone, you love yourself.”

• “ All hatred is killing the “Self by the self”, therefore love is the law of life.”

• “ In the highest love, union is only of the spirit. All love of any other kind is quickly evanescent. Only the spiritual lasts, and this grows.”

 Swami Vivekananda Quotes for Best   Life :

• “ Blessed are they whose bodies get destroyed in the service of others.”

• “ Good results can be produced only through love, through sympathy.”

• “ It requires no proof to demonstrate the existence of the beloved to the lover.” 

• “ Value relationship, it takes years to make, seconds to break.”

• “ Sometimes saying sorry is the most difficult thing on earth.”

• “ But it's the cheapest thing to save the most expensive gift called relationship.”

• “ Relationships are like glass. Sometimes it’s better to leave them broken than hurt yourself trying to put it back together.”

• “ Family is not about blood. It’s about who is willing to hold your hand when you need it the most.”

• “ Love and do good to everybody, but do not become a slave.”

• “ Kindness and love can buy you the whole world; lectures and books and philosophy all stand lower than these.”

• “ God is love, and love is God.”

• “ It is love that gives you the supernatural powers, love that gives you Bhakti, love that gives illumination, and love, again, that reads to emancipation.”

• “ Beggar’s love is no love at all. The first sign of love is when love asks nothing, [when it] gives everything.”

• “ Beggar’s love is no love at all. The first sign of love is when love asks nothing, [when it] gives everything.” 

• “ Do not make the mistake of giving the heart to anything that is changing, because that is misery.”

Swami Vivekananda's Quotes On Mother :

• “ Every manifestation of power in the universe is "Mother".” 

• “ The mother is the highest ideal of womanhood in India.”

 

• “ A good, chaste wife, who thinks of every other man except her own husband as her child and has the attitude of a mother towards all men, will grow so great in the power of her purity that there cannot be a single man, however brutal, who will not breathe an atmosphere of holiness in her presence.” 

• “ Eternal, unquestioning self-surrender to Mother alone can give us peace. Love Her for Herself, without fear or favor. Love Her because you are Her child.”

• “ The mother is the ideal of love; she rules the family, she possesses the family.” 

• “ The one thing that fulfills womanhood, that is womanliness in woman, is motherhood.” 

• “ We all think of ourselves, and never of the Mother.” 

• “ With the name of Mother comes the idea of Shakti, Divine Energy, and Omnipotence, just as the baby believes its mother to be all-powerful, able to do anything.” 

• “ Without propitiating the Mother by worship and obeisance, not even Brahma and Vishnu have the power to elude Her grasp and attain freedom.” 

Swami Vivekananda Quotes from His  Teachings:

•  “ So long as there is desire or want, it is a sure sign that there is imperfection. A perfect, free being cannot have any desire.”

•  “ Neither seek nor avoid, take what comes.”

• “ The more we come out and do good to others, the more our hearts will be purified.”

• “ A man is not poor without a rupee but a man is really poor without a dream and ambition.”

• “ Never think yourself weak.” 

• “ All the negative thoughts and ideas that are in the world have proceeded from this evil spirit of fear.”

• “ He who struggles is better than he who never attempts.”

• “ Time is like a river. You can’t touch the same water twice, because the flow that has passed will never pass again.”

• “ Everything excellent will come when this sleeping soul is aroused to self-conscious activity.” 

• “ The reason for every misunderstanding is that we see the people as we are but not as they are.”

• “ We are what our thoughts have made us; so take care about what you think. Words are secondary. Thoughts live; they travel far.”

• “ All great undertakings are achieved through mighty obstacles. Keep up the deepest mental poise. Take not even the slightest notice of what puerile creatures may be saying against you.”

• “ Always try to represent yourself happy because initially, it becomes your look, gradually it becomes your habit and finally, it becomes your personality.”

• “ Do not wait for anybody or anything. Do whatever you can to build your hope on none.”

• “ 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.”

Swami Vivekananda’s Quotes On Householder’s Life:

• “ The householder is the Centre of family and society.”

• “ The householder must always please his wife with money, clothes, love, faith, and words like nectar, and never do anything to disturb her. That man who has succeeded in getting the love of a chaste wife has succeeded in his religion and has all the virtues.”

• “ To his enemies, the householder must be a hero. Then he must resist. That is the duty of the householder. He must not sit down in a corner and weep, and talk nonsense about non-resistance. If he does not show himself as a hero to his enemies he has not done his duty. And to his friends and relatives, he must be as gentle as a lamb.”

• “ The rule for a householder about the expenditure of his income is, one-fourth of the income for his family, one-fourth for charity, one-fourth to be saved, one-fourth for self.”

• “ The householder should be devoted to God; the knowledge of God should be his goal of life. Yet he must work constantly, perform all his duties; he must give up the fruits of his actions to God.”

Inspirational  Quotes by Swami Vivekananda :

• “ We reap what we sow; We are the makers of our own fate. None else has the blame, none has the praise.”

• “ No need for looking behind. FORWARD! We want infinite energy, infinite zeal, infinite courage, and infinite patience, then only will great things be achieved.”

• “ Man is born to conquer nature and not to follow it.”

• “ Let people say whatever they like, stick to your own convictions, and rest assured, the world will be at your feet.”

• “ It is our own mental attitude which makes the world what it is for us. Our thoughts make things beautiful, our thoughts make things ugly. The whole world is in our own minds. Learn to see things in the proper light.”

• “ Never think there is anything impossible for the soul. It is the greatest heresy to think so. If there is sin, this is the only sin to say that you are weak, or others are weak.”

• “ No great work can be achieved by humbug. It is through love, a passion for truth, and tremendous energy, that all undertakings are accomplished.”  

• “ Say, “I can do everything.” “Even if the poison of a snake is powerless you can firmly deny it.”

• “ Take courage and work on it. Patience and steady work— this is the only way.”

• “ The earth is enjoyed by heroes— this is the unfailing truth. Be a hero. Always say, ‘I have no fear’.”

• “ The remedy for weakness is not brooding over weakness, but thinking of strength.”

• “ Be not afraid, for all great power throughout the history of humanity has been with the people. From out of their ranks have come all the greatest geniuses of the world, and history can only repeat itself. Be not afraid of anything. You will do marvelous work.”

• “ Be not in despair, the way is very difficult, like walking on the edge of a razor; yet despair not, arise, awake, and find the ideal, the goal.”

• “ Whatever you think, that you will be. If you think yourselves weak, weak you will be; if you think yourselves strong, strong you will be; if you think yourselves impure, impure you will be; if you think yourselves pure, pure you will be.”

• “ What makes one man great and another weak and low is concentration.”

Swami Vivekananda Quotes on Knowledge:

• “ All that man has to do is to take care of three things; good thought, good word, good deed.”

• “ Who is Believing you, Don’t Cheat them.”

• “ Fill the brain with high thoughts, highest ideals place them day and night before you, and out of that will come great work.”

• “ To succeed, you must have tremendous perseverance, tremendous will. ‘I will drink the ocean’, says the persevering soul, at my will mountains will crumble up.’ Have that sort of energy, that sort of will work hard, and you will reach the goal.”

• “ The highest manifestation of strength is to keep ourselves calm and on our own feet.”

• “ The world is the great gymnasium where we come to make ourselves strong.”

• “ When an idea exclusively occupies the mind, it is transformed into an actual physical or mental state.”

• “ Good Motive, Sincerity, and Infinite love can conquer the world. One single soul possessed of these virtues can destroy the dark designs of millions of hypocrites and brutes.”

• “ Fear is death, fear is sin, fear is hell, fear is unrighteousness, fear is wrong life. All the negative thoughts and ideas that are in the world have proceeded from this evil spirit of fear.”

• “ I am the thread that runs through all these pearls, and each pearl is a religion or even a sect thereof. Such are the different pearls, and God is the thread that runs through all of them; most people, however, are entirely unconscious of it.”

• “ Perfection does not come from belief or faith. Talk does not count for anything. Perfection comes through selfless work.”

• “ A tremendous stream is flowing toward the ocean, carrying us all along with it; and though like straws and scraps of paper, we may at times float aimlessly about, in the long run, we are sure to join the Ocean of Life and Bliss.”

• “ Great work requires great and persistent effort for a long time. The character has to be established through a thousand stumbles.”  

• “ Do not believe in a thing because you have read about it in a book. Do not believe in a thing because another man has said it was true. Do not believe in words because they are hallowed by tradition. Find out the truth for yourself. Reason it out. That is realization.”

• “ The world is ready to give up its secrets if we only know how to knock, how to give it the necessary blow. The strength and force of the blow come through concentration.”

Motivational Quotes by Swami Vivekananda:

• “ The greatest source of strength for any society is its faith in God. The day it renounces such faith will be the day that society begins to die.”

• “ As long as we require someone else to make us happy, we are slaves.”

• “ Never mind the struggles, the mistakes. I never heard a cow tell a lie, but it is only a cow— never a man. So never mind these failures, these little backslidings; hold the ideal a thousand times, and if you fail a thousand times, make the attempt once more.”

• “ This life is a hard fact; work your way through it boldly, though it may be adamantine; no matter, the soul is stronger.”

• “ Stand up, be bold, be strong. Take the whole responsibility on your own shoulders, and know that you are the creator of your own destiny. All the strength and succor you want is within yourselves. Therefore, make your own future.”

• “ Society does not go down because of the activities of criminals, But because of the inactivity of the good people.”

• “ Come out into the broad light of day, come out from the little narrow paths, for how can the infinite soul rest content to live and die in small ruts?”

• “ As long as we believe ourselves to be even the least different from God, fear remains with us; but when we know ourselves to be the One, fear goes; of what can we be afraid?”

• “We have to encourage every one in his struggle to live up to his own highest idea, and strive at the same time to make the ideal as near as possible to the Truth.”

• “ If you think that you are bound, you remain bound; you make your own bondage. If you know that you are free, you are free at this moment. This is knowledge, knowledge of freedom. Freedom is the goal of all nature.”

• “ If we really want to be blessed, and make others blessed, we must go deeper. The first step is not to disturb the mind, not to associate with persons whose ideas are disturbing.”

• “ If you want to have life, you have to die every moment for it. Life and death are only different expressions of the same thing looked at from different standpoints; they are the falling and the rising of the same wave, and the two form one whole.”

• “ If the mind is intensely eager, everything can be accomplished—mountains can be crumbled into atoms.”

• “ When you are doing any work, do not think of anything beyond. Do it as worship, as the highest worship, and devote your whole life to it for the time being.”

• “ When I asked God for strength, He gave me difficult situations to face.”

• “ If the Absolute becomes limited by the mind, It is no more Absolute; It has become finite.”

• “ Do not lower your goals to the level of your abilities. Instead, raise your abilities to the height of your goals.”

• “ This I have seen in life those who are overcautious about themselves fall into dangers at every step; those who are afraid of losing honor and respect, get only disgrace; and those who are always afraid of loss, always lose.”

• “ Everything is easy when you are busy. But nothing is easy when you are lazy.”

• “ Superstition is our great enemy, but bigotry is worse. If superstition enters, the brain is gone.”

• “ This life is short, the vanities of the world are transient, but they alone live who live for others, the rest are dead than alive. If all of us think for the society and the country, all our problems will be solved.” 

• “ Freedom can never be reached by the weak. Throw away all weakness. Tell your body that it is strong, tell your mind that it is strong, and have unbounded faith and hope in yourself.”

Swami Vivekananda Quotes for Students:

• “ The powers of the mind should be concentrated and the mind turned back upon itself; as the darkest places reveal their secrets before the penetrating rays of the sun, so will the concentrated mind penetrate its own innermost secrets.”

• “ When I asked God for peace, He showed me how to help others. God gave me nothing I wanted, He gave me everything I needed.” 

• “ Truth, Purity, Unselfishness wherever these are present, there is no power below or above the Sun to crush the possessor thereof.”

• “ He who always thinks himself as weak will never become strong, but he who knows himself to be a lion, rushes out from the world's meshes, as a lion from its cage.”

• “ All that is real in me is God; all that is real in God is I. The gulf between God and me is thus bridged. Thus by knowing God, we find that the kingdom of heaven is within us.”

• “ The powers of the mind are like the rays of the sun when they are concentrated they illumine.”

• “ Never think hard about the past, it brings tears… Don’t think more about the future, it brings fear… live this moment with a smile, it brings cheer.”

• “ Every test in our life makes us bitter or better, every problem comes to make us or break us, the choice is ours whether we become victims or victorious.”

• “ Who is helping you, don't forget them. Who loves you, don't hate them. Who is believing you, don't cheat them.”

• “ Relationships are more important than life, but those relationships need to have life in them.”

• “ Do you know why God created gaps between fingers? So that someone special to you comes and fills those gaps by holding your hand forever.”

• “ Happiness keeps you sweet… But being sweet brings happiness.”

• “ The whole secret of existence is to have no fear. Never fear what will become of you, depend on no one. Only the moment you reject all help are you freed.”

• “ They alone live, who live for others.”

• “ Be not Afraid of anything. You will do Marvelous work. it is Fearlessness that brings Heaven even in a moment.”

• “ All love is expansion, all selfishness is contraction. Love is therefore the only law of life. He who loves lives, he who is selfish is dying. Therefore love for love's sake, because it is the only law of life, just as you breathe to live.”

• “ The greatest sin is to think yourself weak.”

• “ Anything that makes weak - physically, intellectually, and spiritually, reject it as poison.”

• “ Dare to be free, dare to go as far as your thought leads, and dare to carry that out in your life.”

• “ We are what our thoughts have made us; so take care about what you think. Words are secondary. Thoughts live; they travel far.”

• “ Like me or hate me, both are in my favor. If you like me I am in your heart, if you hate me I am in your mind.”

• “ Love is Existence, God, Himself; and all this is the manifestation of that One Love, more or less expressed.”

• “ Fill the brain with high thoughts, highest ideals, place them day and night before you, and out of that will come great work.”

Swami Vivekananda Quotes on Success:

• “ Each work has to pass through these stages — ridicule, opposition, and then acceptance. Those who think ahead of their time are sure to be misunderstood.”

• “ Beautiful things are not always good but good things are always beautiful.”

• “ Take risks in your life, If you win, you can lead! If you lose, you can guide!?”

• “ Experience is the only teacher we have. we may talk and reason all our lives, but we shall not understand a word of truth until we experience it ourselves.”

• “ Stand up, be bold, and take the blame on your own shoulders. Do not go about throwing mud at others; for all the faults you suffer from, you are the sole and only cause.”

• “ Meditation can turn fools into sages but unfortunately, fools never meditate.”

• “ Learn everything good from others, but bring it in, and in your own way adsorb it; do not become others.”

• “ Comfort is no test of truth. Truth is often far from being comfortable.”

• “ Do one thing at a Time, and while doing it put your whole Soul into it to the exclusion of all else.”

• “ Stay away from anger… it hurts… only you!”

• “ If you are right then there is no need to get angry, and if you are wrong then you don’t have any right to get angry.”

• “ Patience with family is love, patience with others is respect. Patience with self is confidence and patience with God is faith.”

Best Swami Vivekananda Quotes About Love, Life, Success and Education:

• “ The greatest religion is to be true to your own nature. Have faith in yourselves.”

• “ Strength is Life, Weakness is Death.”

• “ 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, and every part of your body be full of that idea, and just leave every other idea alone. This is the way to success, and this is the way great spiritual giants are produced.”

• “ Be the servant while leading. Be unselfish. Have infinite patience, and success is yours.”

• “ You cannot believe in God until you believe in yourself.”

• “ All power is within you; you can do anything and everything. Believe in that, do not believe that you are weak; do not believe that you are half-crazy lunatics, as most of us do nowadays. You can do anything and everything, without even the guidance of anyone. Stand up and express the divinity within you.”

• “ The greatest religion is to be true to your own nature. Have faith in yourselves.”

• “ If you think yourselves strong, strong you will be.”

• “ We are what our thoughts have made us; so take care about what you think. Words are secondary. Thoughts live; they travel far.”

• “ If I love myself despite my infinite faults, how can I hate anyone at the glimpse of a few faults..!”

• “ Arise! Awake! And stop not until the goal is reached.”

• “ Ask nothing; want nothing in return. Give what you have to give; it will come back to you but do not think of that now.”

• “ In a conflict between the heart and the brain, follow your heart.”

• “ Expansion is Life, Contraction is Death.”

• “ We are responsible for what we are, and whatever we wish ourselves to be, we have the power to make ourselves. If what we are now has been the result of our own past actions, it certainly follows that whatever we wish to be in the future can be produced by our present actions; so we have to know how to act.”

• “ Love is Life, Hatred is Death.”

• “We have to encourage every one in his struggle to live up to his own highest idea, and strive at the same time to make the ideal as near as possible to the Truth.”

• “ The moment I have realized God sitting in the temple of every human body, the moment I stand in reverence before every human being and see God in him - that moment I am free from bondage, everything that binds vanishes, and I am free.”

Swami Vivekananda Quotes for Family Members:

• “ All the powers in the universe are already ours. It is we who have put our hands before our eyes and cry that it is dark.”

• “ Talk to yourself once in a day, otherwise you may miss meeting an intelligent person in this world.”

• “ Truth can be stated in a thousand different ways, yet each one can be true.”

• “ 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.”

• “ Never think there is anything impossible for the soul. It is the greatest heresy to think so. If there is sin, this is the only sin; to say that you are weak, or others are weak.”

• “ That man has reached immortality who is disturbed by nothing material.”

• “ If money helps 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.”

• “ 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.”

• “ In a day, when you don't come across any problems - you can be sure that you are traveling in the wrong path.”

• “ Devotion to duty is the highest form of worship of God.”

• “ When an idea exclusively occupies the mind, it is transformed into an actual physical or mental state.”

• “ The fire that warms us can also consume us it is not the fault of the fire.”

Swami Vivekananda Quotes for Youth:

• “ There is no limit to the power of the human mind. The more concentrated it is, the more power is brought to bear on one point.”

• “ Where can we go to find God if we cannot see Him in our own hearts and in every living being? ”

• “ The greatest truths are the simplest things in the world, simple as your own existence.”

• “ The present is determined by our past actions, and the future by the present.” 

• “ A fool may buy all the books in the world, and they will be in his library but he will be able to read only those that he deserves to.” 

• “ All knowledge that the world has ever received comes from the mind the infinite library of the universe is in our own mind.”

• “ Even the greatest fool can accomplish a task if it were after his or her heart. But the intelligent ones are those who can convert every work into one that suits their taste.” 

• “ The very reason for nature's existence is for the education of the soul.”

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FAQ's:

Q.   Why did Vivekananda die early?

A.   According to his followers Vivekananda attained mahasamadhi. The rupture of a blood vessel in his brain was reported as a cause of death. He died on July 4, 1902.

Q.   Which disease killed Vivekananda?   

A.     Heart attack killed Vivekananda.

Q.   How many hours did Vivekananda sleep?

A.   Swami Vivekananda slept for 4 hours and meditated for most of his day, aside from the times he spent cooking with his disciples, studying the scriptures, teaching, and preaching.

Q.   What happened to the Swami Vivekananda family?

A.   After his father's death, the family was reduced to poverty. Vivekananda told his mother that he had lunch invitations from his friends and left so that other family members would get a larger share of the food. But actually, no such invitation was there.

Q.  What are the five qualities of Swami Vivekananda?

A.    Five qualities of Swami Vivekananda: compassion, optimism, faith, humor, and mindfulness.

Q.  What is the golden rule of Vivekananda?

A.  Golden Rule of Vivekananda: 

• Who is helping you, don't forget them.
• Who loves you, don't hate them. 
• Who is believing you, don't Cheat them.

Q.   Who gave money to Vivekananda?

A.   Ajit Singh is known for providing financial support to Vivekananda and encouraging him to speak at the Parliament of the World's Religions in Chicago in 1893. 

Q.   Who gave Swami to Vivekananda?

A.  Ajit Singh gave Swami to Vivekananda when he went to Chicago on May 31, 1893.

Q.   What is real personality by Swami Vivekananda?

A.    The real personality is the all-round development of the physical, mental, and spiritual faculties.

Q.  What is the secret of success?

A.  The Secret of Success by Vivekananda:- "The man or woman who asks for no return is the most successful."

Q.   What is the winning formula by Swami Vivekananda?

A.   Winning Formula by Swami Vivekananda:

• Life's purpose is to be rich, both materially and spiritually.
• Mere affluence is not enough; man has to be human too. 
• To be successful and come out with flying colors in life is the natural ambition of all. This needs two qualities, Competency and commitment.

Q.   Why did Narendra become Vivekananda?

A. Two events caused Narendra considerable distress: one was the passing away of his father, and the other was when Sri Ramakrishna gave up his mortal body. After this, in 1887, Narendra took the formal vows of sannyasa and became Swami Vivekananda.

Q.   How to live a life by Vivekananda?

A.  According to Vivekananda:

• "Grow from the inside out."
• “In a conflict between the heart and the brain, follow your heart.”
• “They alone live; they live for others.”
• “Neither seek nor avoid; take what comes.”

Q.   What is the greatest help, according to Swami Vivekananda?

A.   According to Swami Vivekananda, spiritual help is the greatest help.

Q.   What did Vivekananda do for India?

A.   Swami Vivekananda gave Indians a proper understanding of their country's great spiritual heritage, gave them pride in their past, and strengthened the sense of unity as a nation. 

Q.   What did Vivekananda teach us?

A.   Vivekananda teaches us:

• Swami Vivekananda said that purity, patience, and perseverance overcome all obstacles. 
• He suggested taking courage and working on it. 
• According to Swami Vivekananda, patience and steady work are the only ways to achieve success. 

Q.   What is the law of karma by Swami Vivekananda?

A.   The law of karma means the law of causation, of inevitable cause and sequence. Every cause is followed by its effect. This necessity cannot be resisted, and this is the law of karma, which is true throughout the whole universe.

Q.   How to control the mind?

A.   Identify yourself with God, picture the mind as a calm lake, the thoughts that come and go as bubbles rising and breaking on its surface, and make no effort to control thoughts but watch them in imagination as they float away.

Q.   What did Vivekananda say about youth?

A.   Vivekananda's thoughts about youth:

• Youth life is the most precious life. 
• Youth is the best time. 
• The way you utilize this time will determine the nature of the coming years.