Each man must begin where he stands, must learn how to control the things that are nearest to him.
Swami VivekanandaThis doctrine of prenatal influence is now slowly being recognized, and science as well as religion calls out: 'Keep yourself holy, and pure.' So deeply has this been recognized in India, that there we even speak of adultery in marriage, except when marriage is consummated in prayer.
Swami VivekanandaFool indeed is he, who, living on the banks of the Ganga, digs a little well for water. Fool indeed is the man who, coming to a mine of diamonds, begins to search for glass beads.
Swami VivekanandaThe very idea of an infinite in place would be a contradiction in terms, as a place must begin and continue in time.
Swami Vivekananda