Not even the deepest sleep will give you such a rest as meditation can. The mind goes on jumping even in deepest sleep. Just those few moments in meditation your brain has almost stopped. ... You forget the body. ... You feel such pleasure in it. You become so light. This perfect rest we will get in meditation.
Swami VivekanandaMan stands in materialism; you and I are materialists. Our talking about God and Spirit is good; but it is simply the vogue in our society to talk thus: we have learnt it parrot-like and repeat it.
Swami VivekanandaAs long as a man thinks, this struggle must go on, and so long man must have some form of religion.
Swami VivekanandaDo not wait for anybody or anything. Do whatever you can. Build your hope on none.
Swami Vivekananda