Swami Vivekananda Perfection Quotations

Education is the manifestation of the perfection already in man

Every individual has in himself perfection. It lies within the dark recesses of his physical being.

While real perfection is only one, relative perfections must be many.

Perfection is not to be attained, it is already within us.

Education is the manifestation of perfection already existing in man.

There cannot be two almighty beings in this world. [Imagine having] two or three Gods; one will create the world, another says, "I will destroy the world." It [can] never happen. There must be one God. The soul attains to perfection; [it becomes] almost omnipotent [and] omniscient. This is the worshipper. Who is the worshipped? He, the Lord God Himself, the Omnipresent, the Omniscient, and so on. And above all, He is Love. How is [the soul] to attain this perfection? By worship.

The Vedas teach that the soul is divine, only held in the bondage of matter; perfection will be reached when this bond will burst, and the word they use for it is, therefore, Mukti - freedom, freedom from the bonds of imperfection, freedom from death and misery.

The kingdom of heaven is already in existence if we will have it, that perfection is already in man if he will see it.

Perfection is always infinite. We are the Infinite already.You and I, and all beings, are trying to manifest that infinity.

Infinite perfection is in every man, though unmanifested.

Each man is perfect by his nature; prophets have manifested this perfection, but it is potential in us.

Who shall make me perfect? I am perfect already.

When a man is perfect, he sees perfection in others. When he sees imperfection, it is his own mind projecting itself.

To be more free is the goal of all our efforts, for only in perfect freedom can there be perfection.

This perfection must come through the practice of holiness and love.

The development of man is a return to an original perfection.

[Perfection] is only possible if the mind of man is changed, if he, of his own sweet will, changes his mind; and the great difficulty is, neither can he force his own mind.

Perfection is one thing and enjoyment another; these two having different ends, engage men differently.

Perfection is always infinite.

Perfection does not come from belief or faith. Talk does not count for anything. Parrots can do that. Perfection comes through the disinterested performance of action.

Perfection can never be attained by work.

Perfection can be had by everybody.

Not only we can, but some have reached perfection; so no matter what finer bodies come, they could only be on the relative plane and could do no more than we, for to attain freedom is all that can be done.

My Master used to say, when a pitcher is being filled (by immersion), it gurgles, but when full, it is noiseless.

Morality is the struggle of the bound will to get free and is the proof that we have come from perfection. . . .

It is nature that is driving us towards perfection, and eventually she will bring everyone there.

Consciously or unconsciously, we are all striving for perfection. Every being must attain to it.

All progress and power are already in every man; perfection is man's nature, only it is barred in and prevented from taking its proper course.

All perfection is there already in the soul. But this perfection has been covered up by nature; layer after layer of nature is covering this purity of the soul.

It is too often believed that a person in his progress towards perfection passes from error to truth; that when he passes on from one thought to another, he must necessarily reject the first. But no error can lead to truth. The soul passing through its different stages goes from truth to truth, and each stage is true; it goes from lower truth to higher truth.