Everything must be sacrificed, if necessary, for that one sentiment: universality.
Swami VivekanandaPurity, patience and perseverance overcome all obstacles. All great things must of necessity be slow.
Swami VivekanandaThat is good. It is a law of nature. That is the way with all founders of religion. Without persecution superior ideas cannot penetrate into the heart of society.
Swami VivekanandaThere is nothing beyond God, and the sense enjoyments are simply something through which we are passing now in the hope of getting better things.
Swami VivekanandaWe want to worship a living God. I have not seen anything but God all my life, nor have you... He is everywhere, saying, "I am." The moment you feel "I am," you are conscious of Existence. Where shall we go to find God if we cannot see Him in our own hearts and in every living being?
Swami Vivekananda