This life is a hard fact; work your way through it boldly, though it may be adamantine; no matter, the soul is stronger.
Swami VivekanandaEka-Nishtha or devotion to one ideal is absolutely necessary for the beginner in the practice of religious devotion.
Swami VivekanandaAlways keep the mind cheerful. Everyone will die once. Cowards suffer the pangs of death again and again, solely due to the fear in their own minds.
Swami Vivekananda