Too much faith in personality has a tendency to produce weakness and idolatry, but intense love for the Guru makes rapid growth possible.
Swami VivekanandaNever mind these failures, these little backslidings; hold the ideal a thousand times, and if you fail a thousand times, make the attempt once more.
Swami VivekanandaThis ego - the less there is of it, the nearer I am to that which I really am: the universal body.
Swami Vivekananda