Well has it been said that man is the only animal that naturally looks upwards; every other animal naturally looks down. That looking upward and going upward and seeking perfection are what is called salvation; and the sooner a man begins to go higher, the sooner he raises himself towards this idea of truth as salvation.
Swami VivekanandaMy Master used to say, when a pitcher is being filled (by immersion), it gurgles, but when full, it is noiseless.
Swami VivekanandaNo negative, all positive, affirmative. I am, God is, everything is in me. I will manifest health, purity, knowledge, whatever I want.
Swami VivekanandaHave faith in man, whether he appears to you to be a very learned one or a most ignorant one
Swami VivekanandaThey alone live whose lives are in the whole universe, and the more we concentrate our lives on limited things, the faster we go towards death. Those moments alone we live when our lives are in the universe, in others; and living this little life is death, simply death, and that is why the fear of death comes.
Swami Vivekananda