New Delhi: National Youth Day is celebrated by young people in schools and colleges through various activities and events. This day, observed on January 12th, honours the philosopher Swami Vivekananda on his birth anniversary. Swami Vivekananda was a proponent of Vedanta, a key philosophical school of Hinduism. Born in Calcutta in 1863, Vivekananda was a highly intellectual figure who shared India’s ancient wisdom with the world.
The Government of India sought to instill Swami Vivekananda’s pious ideals in future generations. It aimed to inspire the nation’s youth through Swami Vivekananda’s way of life and ideas.
Swami Vivekananda was a spiritual luminary and a distinguished philosopher. He achieved divine stature early in life through his profound spiritual insights and principles of simple living. The teachings of Swami Vivekananda remain one of the greatest philosophical assets of the country. Vivekananda believed education to be of paramount importance.
On National Youth Day, we reflect on Swami Vivekananda’s inspiring thoughts on education.
Swami Vivekananda’s quotes on Education
- Education is the manifestation of the perfection already in man
- Arise, awake, and stop not until the goal is reached
- The greatest sin is to think of yourself as weak.
- Take risks in your life, if you win, you can lead! If you lose, you can guide!
- All the powers of the universe are already ours
- Learn everything that is good from others, and in your own way absorb it.
- When you don’t come across any problems, be sure that you are travelling on the wrong path.
- Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.
Swami Vivekananda was a wise and profound philosopher, and his teachings continue to inspire us indefinitely. On National Youth Day this year, we should commemorate him and honour his life’s work.
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