Where God is, there is no other. Where world is, there is no God. These two will never unite. Like light and darkness.
Swami VivekanandaGod is very merciful to those whom He sees struggling heart and soul for spiritual realization. But remain idle, without any struggle, and you will see that His grace will never come.
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 VivekanandaChrist's public life extended only over eighteen months, and for this he had silently been preparing himself for thirty - two years.
Swami VivekanandaHe is an atheist who does not believe in himself. The old religions said that he was an atheist who did not believe in God. The new religion says that he is an atheist who does not believe in himself.
Swami VivekanandaThe vapour becomes snow, then water, then Ganga; but when it is vapour, there is no Ganga, and when it is water, we think of no vapour in it. The idea of creation or change is inseparably connected with will. So long as we perceive this world in motion, we have to conceive will behind it.
Swami Vivekananda