Get rid of the bondage of body; we have become slaves to it and learnt to hug our chains and love our slavery; so much so that we long to perpetuate it, and go on with "body" "body" for ever. Do not cling to the idea of "body", do not look for a future existence in any way like this one; do not love or want the body, even of those dear to us.
Swami VivekanandaAny time you attempt to make a God beyond Christ, you murder the whole thing. God alone can worship God.
Swami VivekanandaAlways discriminate-your body, your house, the people and the world are all absolutely unreal like a dream. Always think that the body is only an inert instrument. And the Atman within is your real nature.
Swami VivekanandaThe awakening of the soul to its bondage and its effort to stand up and assert itself - this is called life.
Swami VivekanandaNeither money pays, nor name pays, nor fame, nor learning; it is CHARACTER that cleave through adamantine walls of difference.
Swami Vivekananda