The secret of image - worship is that you are trying to develop your vision of Divinity in one thing.
Swami VivekanandaIf you intend to study the mind, you must have systematic training; you must practice to bring the mind under your control.
Swami VivekanandaEvery one wants to command, and no one wants to obey; and this is owing to the absence of that wonderful brahmacharya system of yore. First, learn to obey. The command will come by itself. Always first learn to be a servant, and then you will be fit to be a master.
Swami VivekanandaIf you want to be a yogi, you must be free, and place yourself in circumstances where you are alone and free from all anxiety. One who desires a comfortable and nice life and at the same time wants to realize the Self is like the fool who, wanting to cross the river, caught hold of a crocodile, mistaking it for a log of wood.
Swami Vivekananda