“All love is expansion, all selfishness is contraction. Love is therefore the only law of life.”

— Swami Vivekananda · Love quote

All love is expansion, all selfishness is contraction. Love is therefore the only law of life. — Swami Vivekananda quote card
Hindu monk · 1863 – 1902

Indian Hindu monk who introduced Vedanta and Yoga to the West; famous for his 1893 Chicago Parliament of Religions address.

More quotes by Swami Vivekananda · Browse all quotes on QuotePlace

More like this

All differences in this world are of degree, and not of kind, because oneness is the secret of everything. — Swami Vivekananda
All differences in this world are of degree, and not of kind, because oneness is the secret of everything.
Swami Vivekananda
The fire that warms us can also consume us; it is not the fault of the fire. — Swami Vivekananda
The fire that warms us can also consume us; it is not the fault of the fire.
Swami Vivekananda
We are what our thoughts have made us; so take care about what you think. Words are secondary. Thoughts live; they travel far. — Swami Vivekananda
We are what our thoughts have made us; so take care about what you think. Words are secondary. Thoughts live; they travel far.
Swami Vivekananda
Truth can be stated in a thousand different ways, yet each one can be true. — Swami Vivekananda
Truth can be stated in a thousand different ways, yet each one can be true.
Swami Vivekananda