We do not seek to thrust the principles of our religion upon anyone. The fundamental principles of our religion forbid that.
Swami VivekanandaIn the English character, the "give and take" policy, the business principle of the trader, is principally inherent.
Swami VivekanandaSee how the Ganga flows by and what a nice building! I like this place. This is the ideal kind of place for a Math. (in Belur, West Bengal).
Swami VivekanandaDesire can be eradicated from the roots by firmly imbibing the four attributes of: Jnan, Atmanishtha, Vairagya, Dharma and the full fledged devotion to God.
Swami VivekanandaRemember the words of Christ: "Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you." These words are literally true, not figures or fiction. They were the outflow of the heart's blood of one of the greatest sons of God who have ever come to this world of ours; words which came as the fruit of realisation, from a man who had felt and realised God himself; who had spoken with God, lived with God, a hundred times more intensely than you or I see this building.
Swami Vivekananda