{"author":"Swami Vivekananda","author_id":"Swami+Vivekananda","total_quotes":68,"quotes":[{"text":"Comfort is no test of truth. Truth is often far from being comfortable.","author":"Swami Vivekananda","tags":["comfort","truth"],"id":3994,"author_id":"Swami+Vivekananda"},{"text":"The natural ambition of woman is through marriage to climb up, leaning upon a man; but those days are gone. You shall be great without the help of any man, just as you are.","author":"Swami Vivekananda","tags":["feminism","marriage","women"],"id":7092,"author_id":"Swami+Vivekananda"},{"text":"Where can we go to find God if we cannot see Him in our own hearts and in every living being.","author":"Swami Vivekananda","tags":["living","find","see "],"id":23306,"author_id":"Swami+Vivekananda"},{"text":"Ignorance is the mother of all the evil and all the misery we see. Let men have light, let them be pure and spiritually strong and educated, then alone will misery cease in the world, not before. We may convert every house in the country into a charity asylum, we may fill the land with hospitals, but the misery of man will still continue to exist until man's character changes.","author":"Swami Vivekananda","tags":["charity","education","god","ignorance","religion","self-realization","spirituality"],"id":24975,"author_id":"Swami+Vivekananda"},{"text":"How often does a man ruin his disciples by remaining always with them! When men are once trained, it is essential that their leader leave them, for without his absence they cannot develop themselves. Plants always remain small under a big tree.","author":"Swami Vivekananda","tags":["guru","hinduism","independence","leadership","vedanta"],"id":26472,"author_id":"Swami+Vivekananda"},{"text":"It is only those who persevere to the end that succeed.","author":"Swami Vivekananda","tags":["wisdom"],"id":26966,"author_id":"Swami+Vivekananda"},{"text":"You have to grow from the inside out. None can teach you, none can make you spiritual. There is no other teacher but your own soul.","author":"Swami Vivekananda","tags":["confidence","spiritual"],"id":27055,"author_id":"Swami+Vivekananda"},{"text":"He who has no faith in himself can never have faith in God.","author":"Swami Vivekananda","tags":["faith","god","hinduism","life","religion","struggle","suffering"],"id":27885,"author_id":"Swami+Vivekananda"},{"text":"If you want to help others, your little self must go.","author":"Swami Vivekananda","tags":["wisdom"],"id":59235,"author_id":"Swami+Vivekananda"},{"text":"As different streams having different sources all mingle their waters in the sea, so different tendencies, various though they appear, crooked or straight, all lead to God.","author":"Swami Vivekananda","tags":["sea","lead","straight "],"id":59710,"author_id":"Swami+Vivekananda"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":68,"pages":7,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}