It is the patient building of character, the intense struggle to realize the truth, which alone will tell in the future of humanity.
Swami VivekanandaEvery idea that strengthens you must be taken up and every thought that weakens you must be rejected.
Swami VivekanandaThose who have succeeded in attaching or detaching their minds at will have succeeded in Pratyahara, which means gathering towards, checking the outgoing powers of the mind, freeing it from the thralldom of the senses. When we can do this, we shall really possess character; then alone we shall have taken a long step towards freedom. Before that, we are mere machines.
Swami Vivekananda