Swami Vivekananda: Freedom is the only condition of growth; take that off, the result is degeneration.
Teach truth & make no apology for any superstition; neither drag truth to the level of the listener. - Swami Vivekananda
“Comfort” is no test of truth; on the contrary, truth is often far from being “comfortable.” - Swamiji
Let miseries come in millions of rivers and happiness in hundreds! I am no slave to misery! I am no slave to happiness. - Swami Vivekananda
Never think there is anything impossible for the soul. It is the greatest heresy to think so...If there is sin, this is the only sin; to say that you are weak, or others are weak.
If anybody dreams of the exclusive survival of his own religion and the destruction of the others, I pity him from the bottom of my heart, and point out to him that upon the banner of every religion will soon be written in spite of resistance. – Swami Vivekananda
Impurity is a mere superimposition under which your real nature has become hidden. But the real you is already perfect, already strong – Swami Vivekananda.
To worship God even for the sake of salvation or any other reward is equally degenerate. Love knows no reward.
The essence of true success is what you make of yourself. It is the character that you cultivate. - Swami Vivekananda