Well has it been said that man is the only animal that naturally looks upwards; every other animal naturally looks down.
Swami VivekanandaTO worship God even for the sake of salvation or any other reward is equally degenerate. Love knows no reward. Give your love unto to God, but do not ask anything in return even from Him through pray.
Swami VivekanandaIf you dare declare that you are free, free you are this moment. If you say you are bound, bound you will remain.
Swami VivekanandaAdvance like a hero. Do not be thwarted by anything. How many days will this body last, with its happiness and misery? When you have the human body, then rouse the Atman within and say-I have reached the state of fearlessness!...and then as long as the body endures, speak unto others this message of fearlessness: 'Thou art That', 'Arise, awake, and stop not till the goal is reached'
Swami Vivekananda