This ego - the less there is of it, the nearer I am to that which I really am: the universal body.
Swami VivekanandaWe are slaves in the hands of nature - slaves to a bit of bread, slaves to praise, slaves to blame, slaves to wife, to husband, to child, slaves to everything.
Swami VivekanandaThe kingdom of heaven is already in existence if we will have it, that perfection is already in man if he will see it.
Swami VivekanandaIn a day, when you don't come across any problems - you can be sure that you are travelling in a wrong path
Swami VivekanandaWe are all the time, from our childhood, trying to lay the blame upon something outside ourselves. We are always standing up to set right other people, and not ourselves. If we are miserable, we say, "Oh, the world is a devil's world." We curse others and say, "What infatuated fools!" But why should we be in such a world, if we really are so good? If this is a devil's world, we must be devils also; why else should we be here? "Oh, the people of the world are so selfish!" True enough; but why should we be found in that company, if we be better? Just think of that.
Swami Vivekananda