Meditative state is the highest state of existence. So long as there is desire, no real happiness can come. It is only the contemplative, witness-like study of objects that brings to us real enjoyment and happiness. The animal has its happiness in the senses, the man in his intellect, and the god in spiritual contemplation. It is only to the soul that has attained to this contemplative state that the world really becomes beautiful. To him who desires nothing, and does not mix himself up with them, the manifold changes of nature are one panorama of beauty and sublimity.
Swami VivekanandaThe more we grow in Love, Virtue and Holiness, the more we see Love, Virtue and Holiness outside.
Swami VivekanandaPerfection 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.
Swami VivekanandaSpirituality as a science, as a study, is the greatest and healthiest exercise that the human mind can have.
Swami Vivekananda