Just as the law of gravitation existed before its discovery and would exist if all humanity forgets it, so it is with the laws that govern the spiritual world. The moral, ethical and spiritual relations between soul and soul and between individual spirits and the Father of all spirits were there before their discovery and would remain even if we forget them.
Swami VivekanandaEach person tries to hold himself hss and lay the blame upon somebody or something else, or even on bad luck.
Swami VivekanandaEvery work has got to pass through hundreds of difficulties before succeeding. Those that persevere will see the light, sooner or later.
Swami VivekanandaA golden chain is as much a chain as an iron one. Shri Ramakrishna used to say that, to pick out one thorn which has stuck into the foot, another thorn is requisitioned, and when the thorn is taken out, both are thrown away. So the bad tendencies are to be counteracted by the good ones, but after that, the good tendencies have also to be conquered.
Swami Vivekananda