Liberty is the first condition of growth. It is wrong, a thousand times wrong, if any of you dares to say, 'I will work out the salvation of this woman or child.
Swami VivekanandaThis earth is higher than all the heavens; this is the greatest school in the universe.
Swami VivekanandaKnow for certain that there is no power in the universe to injure us unless we first injure ourselves.
Swami VivekanandaHave faith in man, whether he appears to you to be a very learned one or a most ignorant one. Have faith in man, whether he appears to be an angel or the very devil himself. Have faith in man first, and then having faith in him, believe that if there are defects in him, if he makes mistakes, if he embraces the crudest and the vilest doctrines, believe that it is not from his real nature that they come, but from the want of higher ideals.
Swami Vivekananda