10 Quotes From Swami Vivekananda’s Chicago Speech

Producer: Nibandh Vinod

Swami Vivekananda’s speech at the World Religion Conference in Chicago is remembered by one and all.

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It is on September 11, 1893 when Swami Vivekananda gave the speech full of wisdom.

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Here are 10 quotes from his iconic speech 130 years ago.

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"I am proud to belong to a religion which has taught the world both tolerance and universal acceptance."

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"Sectarianism, bigotry, and its horrible descendant, fanaticism, have long possessed this beautiful earth."

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"Why, if God were to come to this Chicago Fair, would He not find His own image here?"

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"Let us not dream of conquering others; let us conquer ourselves."

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"Arise, awake, and don't stop till you reach your goal."

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"Strength is life, weakness is death. Expansion is life, contraction is death. Love is life, hatred is death."

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"We are what our thoughts have made us; so take care about what you think... Thoughts live; they travel far."

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"The greatest sin is to think that you are weak."

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"The only way to find the limits of the possible is to go beyond them into the impossible."

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"Wherever you go, be a lotus flower - rise above the mud."

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