Swami Vivekananda Quotes About Character

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  • Never forget that a man is made great and perfect as much by his faults as by his virtues. So we must not seek to rob a nation of its character, even if it could be proved that the character was all faults.

    Men  
    Swami Vivekananda (1964). “Complete Works”
  • No one should be judged by their defects. The great virtues a person has are his or her especially. But their errors are the common weakness of humanity and should never be counted in estimating a person’s character.

  • The road to gooď is the roughest and steepest in the universe. It is a wonder that so many succeed, no wonder that so many fall. Character has to be established through a thousand stumbles.

    Swami Vivekananda (2015). “Personality Development”, p.22, Advaita Ashrama
  • Watch people do their most common actions; these are indeed the things that will tell you the real character of a great person.

    "Pearls of Wisdom". Book by Swami Vivekananda, edited by the Ramakrishna Mission, 2010.
  • If you really want to judge the character of a man, look not at his great performances. Watch a man do his most common actions.

    Men  
    Swami Vivekananda (2015). “Personality Development”, p.21, Advaita Ashrama
  • The fault with all religions like Christianity is that they have one set of rules for all. But Hindu religion is suited to all grades of religious aspiration and progress. It contains all the ideals in their perfect form. For example, the ideal of Shanta or blessedness is to be found in Vasishtha; that of love in Krishna; that of duty in Rama and Sita; and that of intellect in Shukadeva. Study the characters of these and of other ideal men. Adopt one which suits you best.

    Men  
    Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.2614, Manonmani Publishers
  • Two things control man's character; Strength and Pity

    Men  
  • I pity the Hindu who does not see the beauty in Jesus Christ's character. I pity the Christian who does not reverence the Hindu Christ.

    Jesus  
    Swami Vivekananda (2015). “Swami Vivekananda on Himself”, p.138, Advaita Ashrama
  • Those who have succeeded in attaching or detaching their minds at will have succeeded in Pratyahara, which means gathering towards, checking the outgoing powers of the mind, freeing it from the thralldom of the senses. When we can do this, we shall really possess character; then alone we shall have taken a long step towards freedom. Before that, we are mere machines.

  • We must have life building, man-making, character-making assimilation of ideas.

    Men  
    Swami Vivekananda, Vivekananda Kendra (2009). “Swami Vivekananda's Rousing Call to Hindu Nation”, p.95, Vivekananda Kendra
  • Great occasions rouse even the lowest of human beings to some kind of greatness, but he alone is the really great man whose character is great always, the same wherever he be.

    Men  
    Swami Vivekananda (2015). “Personality Development”, p.21, Advaita Ashrama
  • Neither money pays, nor name pays, nor fame, nor learning; it is CHARACTER that cleave through adamantine walls of difference.

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

    Swami Vivekananda (2015). “Personality Development”, p.22, Advaita Ashrama
  • 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.

    Men  
    Swami Vivekananda (2016). “Vivekananda Reader”, p.290, Advaita Ashrama (A publication branch of Ramakrishna Math, Belur Math)
  • Arise! Arise! A tidal wave is coming! Onward! Men and women, down to the Chandala (Pariah) - all are pure in his eyes. Onward! Onward! There is no time to care for name, or fame, or Mukti, or Bhakti! We shall look to these some other time. Now in this life let us infinitely spread his lofty character, his sublime life, his infinite soul. This is the only work - there is nothing else to do.

    Men  
    Swami Vivekananda (2007). “Prabuddha Bharata: Or Awakened India”
  • In the English character, the "give and take" policy, the business principle of the trader, is principally inherent.

    Swami Vivekananda, Vivekananda Kendra (2009). “Swami Vivekananda's Rousing Call to Hindu Nation”, p.32, Vivekananda Kendra
  • Never say any man is hopeless, because he only represents a character, a bundle of habits, which can be checked by new and better ones. Character is repeated habits, and repeated habits alone can reform character.

    Men  
    Swami Vivekananda (2011). “The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali”, p.14, Duncan Baird Publishers
  • Education is not the amount of information that is put into your brain and runs riot there, undigested all your life. We must have life-building, man-making, character-makin g, assimilation of ideas. If you have assimilated five ideas and made them your life and character, you have more education than any man who has got by heart a whole library.

  • We want the education by which character is formed, strength of mind is increased, the intellect is expanded, and by which one can stand on one's own feet.

    Swami Vivekananda (2016). “Vivekananda Reader”, p.297, Advaita Ashrama (A publication branch of Ramakrishna Math, Belur Math)
  • It is the patient building of character, the intense struggle to realize the truth, which alone will tell in the future of humanity.

    "Pearls of Wisdom". Book by Swami Vivekananda, edited by the Ramakrishna Mission, 2010.
  • My hope of the future lies in the youths of character, intelligent, renouncing all for the service of others, and obedient - good to themselves and the country at large

    Swami Vivekananda, Vivekananda Kendra (2009). “Swami Vivekananda's Rousing Call to Hindu Nation”, p.165, Vivekananda Kendra
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Swami Vivekananda

  • Born: January 12, 1863
  • Died: July 4, 1902
  • Occupation: Author