The Complete Book of Yoga Quotes

“In modern times, if a man quotes a Moses or a Buddha or a Christ, he is laughed at; but let him give the name of a Huxley, a Tyndall, or a Darwin, and it is swallowed without salt.”
― Swami Vivekanand, Complete Book of Yoga

“These are the steps in Râja Yoga. Yama, Niyama, Âsana, Prâṇâyâma, Pratyâhâra, Dhâranâ, Dhyâna, and Samâdhi, of which, non-injuring anybody, truthfulness, non-covetousness, chastity, not receiving anything from another, are called Yama; it purifies the mind, the Chitta.”
― Vivekananda, The Complete Book of Yoga Karma Yoga, Bhakti Yoga, Raja Yoga, Jnana Yoga

“equilibrium. It is thus that one may begin to learn how to love the Lord.”
― Vivekananda, The Complete Book of Yoga Karma Yoga, Bhakti Yoga, Raja Yoga, Jnana Yoga

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― Vivekananda, The Complete Book of Yoga Karma Yoga, Bhakti Yoga, Raja Yoga, Jnana Yoga

“The next point is that ignorance is the great mother of all misery, and the fundamental ignorance is to think that the Infinite weeps and cries, that He is finite. This is the basis of all ignorance that we, the immortal, the ever pure, the perfect Spirit, think that we are little minds, that we are little bodies; it is the mother of all selfishness.”
― Vivekananda, The Complete Book of Yoga: KARMA YOGA | BHAKTI YOGA | RĀJA YOGA | JNĀNA YOGA

“A householder who does not struggle to get wealth is immoral. If he is lazy and content to lead an idle life, he is immoral, because upon him depend hundreds. If he gets riches, hundreds of others will be thereby supported.”
― Swami Vivekananda, THE COMPLETE BOOK OF YOGA: Karma Yoga, Bhakti Yoga, Raja Yoga, Jnana Yoga

“The apple tree should not be judged by the standard of the oak, nor the oak by that of the apple. To judge the apple tree you must take the apple standard, and for the oak, its own standard.”
― Swami Vivekananda, THE COMPLETE BOOK OF YOGA: Karma Yoga, Bhakti Yoga, Raja Yoga, Jnana Yoga

“To the man who has begun to hate himself, the gate to degeneration has already opened; and the same is true of a nation. Our first duty is not to hate ourselves, because to advance we must have faith in ourselves first and then in God.”
― Swami Vivekananda, THE COMPLETE BOOK OF YOGA: Karma Yoga, Bhakti Yoga, Raja Yoga, Jnana Yoga

“I, as I am this minute, am the resultant of all I have done, all I have thought. Every action and every thought has had its effect, and these effects are the sum-total of my progress. The problem becomes difficult. We all understand that desires are wrong, but what is meant by giving up desires? How can life go on? It would be the same suicidal advice, which means killing the desire and the patient too. So, the answer comes. Not that you should not have property, not that you should not have things which are necessary, and things which are even luxuries. Have all that you want, and everything that you do not want sometimes, only know the truth and realize the truth. This wealth does not belong to anybody. Have no idea of proprietorship, possessorship. You are nobody, nor am I, nor anyone else. It all belongs to the Lord, because the opening verse told us to put the Lord in everything. God is in that wealth that you enjoy, He is in the desire that rises in your mind, He is in these things you buy because you desire them; He is in your beautiful attire, in your handsome ornaments. That is the line of thought. All will be metamorphosed as soon as you begin to see things in that light. If you put God in your every movement, in your clothes, in your talk, in your body, in your mind, in everything, the whole scene changes, and the world, instead of appearing as woe and misery, will become a heaven.”
― Swami Vivekananda, The Complete Book of Yoga Karma Yoga, Bhakti Yoga, Raja Yoga, Jnana Yoga

“Karma”
― Vivekananda, The Complete Book of Yoga Karma Yoga, Bhakti Yoga, Raja Yoga, Jnana Yoga

“Be and Make.
Be Bold.”
― Swami Vivekananda, THE COMPLETE BOOK OF YOGA: Karma Yoga, Bhakti Yoga, Raja Yoga, Jnana Yoga