If a thing happens once, it can happen again. If any human being has ever realised perfection, we too can do so. If we cannot become perfect here and now, we never can in any state or heaven or condition we may imagine.
Swami VivekanandaTest everything, try everything, and then believe it, and if you find it for the good of many, give it to all.
Swami VivekanandaOne may gain political and social independence, but if one is a slave to his passions and desires, one cannot feel the pure joy of real freedom
Swami VivekanandaThe present Hindu society is organised only for spiritual men, and hopelessly crushes out everybody else. Why? Where shall they go who want to enjoy the world a little with its frivolities? Just as our religion takes in all, so should our society. This is to be worked out by first understanding the true principles of our religion and then applying them to society. This is the slow but sure work to be done.
Swami Vivekananda