Do not fret because the world looks with suspicion at every new attempt, even though it be in the path of spirituality.
Swami VivekanandaDo not go for glass beads leaving the mine of diamonds. This life is a great chance. What, seekest thou the pleasures of the world? He is the fountain of all bliss. See for the highest, aim at that highest, and you shall reach the highest.
Swami VivekanandaWe shall have to work like lions, keeping the ideal before us, without caring whether "the wise ones praise or blame us".
Swami VivekanandaEveryone goes with the flow... but the one who goes against the flow becomes someone remarkable in life.
Swami VivekanandaNo civilisation can grow unless fanatics, bloodshed, and brutality stop. No civilisation can begin to lift up its head until we look charitably upon one another; and the first step towards that much-needed charity is to look charitably and kindly upon the religious convictions of others. Nay more, to understand that not only should we be charitable, but positively helpful to each other, however different our religious ideas and convictions may be.
Swami Vivekananda