Blows are what awaken us & help to break the dream. They show us the insufficiency of this world & make us long to escape, to have freedom.
Swami VivekanandaThis intelligence itself is modified into what we call egoism, and this intelligence is the cause of all the powers in the body. It covers the whole ground, sub-consciousness, consciousness, and super-consciousness.
Swami VivekanandaThe coward, afraid of the lash, with one hand wipes his eyes and gives with the other. Of what avail are such gifts?
Swami Vivekananda