What makes a man stand up and work? Strength. Strength is goodness, weakness is sin.
Swami VivekanandaHave faith in yourselves, be proud of your ancestors, instead of being ashamed of them.
Swami VivekanandaThe Land where humanity has attained its highest towards gentleness, towards generosity, towards purity, towards calmness - it is India.
Swami VivekanandaReligion is not an imitation of Jesus or Mohammed. Even if an imitation is good, it is never genuine. Be not an imitation of Jesus, but be Jesus, You are quite as great as Jesus, Buddha, or anybody else. If we are not ... we must struggle and be. I would not be exactly like Jesus. It is unnecessary that I should be born a Jew.
Swami Vivekananda