Be grateful that the poor man is there, so that by making a gift to him you are able to help yourself
Swami VivekanandaLearn Everything that is Good from Others, but bring it in, and in your own way absorb it; do not become others.
Swami VivekanandaThe secret of image - worship is that you are trying to develop your vision of Divinity in one thing.
Swami VivekanandaWe can have no conception of God higher than man, so our God is man, and man is God.
Swami Vivekananda"None is good, save One, that is, God", as the Lord Jesus bath said. The rest are only tools in His hands. "Gloria in Excelsis", "Glory unto God in the highest", and unto men that deserve, but not to such an undeserving one like me. Here "the servant is not worthy of the hire"; and a Fakir, especially, has no right to any praise whatsoever, for would you praise your servant for simply doing his duty?
Swami Vivekananda