Swami Vivekananda Quotes
When an idea exclusively occupies the mind, it is transformed into an actual physical or mental state.
Vivekananda, Swami. The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda, Volume 1. Advaita Ashrama, 1955, p. 226.
The interviewer asked her for an example of a piece of legislation for which she had voted that represented a compromise. She was an example of ideological politicians for whom compromise is considered an abandonment of principle. At the time, she was asked this question, not one of her pieces of legislation had ever become law. It amost always takes compromise to get enough votes to pass legislation in a democracy.
Swami Vivekananda, born Narendranath Datta (Bengali: [nɔrendronatʰ dɔto]), was an Indian Hindu monk. He was a chief disciple of the 19th-century Indian mystic Ramakrishna. He was a key figure in the introduction of the Indian philosophies of Vedanta and Yoga to the Western world, and is credited with raising interfaith awareness, bringing Hinduism to the status of a major world religion during the late 19th century. He was a major force in the contemporary Hindu reform movements in India, and contributed to the concept of nationalism in colonial India. Vivekananda founded the Ramakrishna Math and the Ramakrishna Mission. He is perhaps best known for his speech which began with the words "Sisters and brothers of America ...," in which he introduced Hinduism at the Parliament of the World's Religions in Chicago in 1893.
