Let the mind be cheerful but calm. Never let it run into excesses, because every excess will be followed by a reaction.
Swami VivekanandaStrength, strength it is that we want so much in this life, for what we call sin and sorrow have all one cause, and that is our weakness. With weakness comes ignorance, and with ignorance comes misery.
Swami VivekanandaEach one has a special nature peculiar to himself which he must follow and through which he will find his way to freedom
Swami VivekanandaAll progress and power are already in every man; perfection is man's nature, only it is barred in and prevented from taking its proper course.
Swami VivekanandaThe goal of mankind is knowledge ... Now this knowledge is inherent in man. No knowledge comes from outside: it is all inside. What we say a man 'knows', should, in strict psychological language, be what he 'discovers' or 'unveils'; what man 'learns' is really what he discovers by taking the cover off his own soul, which is a mine of infinite knowledge.
Swami Vivekananda