TO 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 VivekanandaOne may gain political and social independence, but if one is a slave to his passions and desires, one cannot feel the pure joy of real freedom
Swami VivekanandaThe whole universe is composed of name and form. Whatever we see is either a compound of name and form, or simply name with form which is a mental image.
Swami VivekanandaThe greatest help to spiritual life is meditation. In meditation we divest ourselves of all material condition and feel our divine nature.
Swami VivekanandaKnowledge is inherent in man; no knowledge comes from outside; it is all inside. We say Newton discovered gravitation. Was it sitting anywhere waiting for him? It was in his own mind; the time came and he found it out. All knowledge that the world has ever received comes from the mind; the infinite library of the universe is in our own mind. The external world is simply the suggestion, the occasion, which sets you to study your own mind.
Swami Vivekananda