Swami Vivekananda Quotes on Death
Narendranath Datta, known as Swami Vivekananda, was an Indian Hindu monk and the principal disciple of the mystic Ramakrishna Paramahamsa. This page collects quotes attributed to Swami Vivekananda on the topic of death, drawn from across the philosopher's works.
Quotes
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“India is immortal if she persists in her search for God . But if she goes in for politics and social conflict, she will die.”
A few hours before his death, as quoted in Bulletin of the Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture , Volume 14 (1963), p. 469 -
“Death is better than a vegetating ignorant life; it is better to die on the battle-field than to live a life of defeat.”
Call to the Nation -
“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.”
Pearls of Wisdom -
“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?”
Pearls of Wisdom