Be at peace. Do not disturb yourself. You never were in bondage, you never were virtuous or sinful. ~Swami Vivekananda The Complete Works of Swami Vivekanana, Adwaita Ashram, Volume VII, 74

Let none regret that they were difficult to convince! I fought my Master for six years with the result that I know every inch of the way! Every inch of the way!

When we have the three great ‘gifts of God’, a human body. intense desire to be free and help of a great soul to show us the way then liberation is certain for us.

'When truth is fully established, the yogi attains the result of action without acting'.

All these and more than I could see, Today may "Mother" grant to thee!

On another occasion he made a series of remarkable predictions. He said : “India will be free in another fifty years and freedom will come in an unusual way. A great war will flare up within twenty years, and if the Western nations do not give up

The Indian race never stood for wealth. Although they acquired immense wealth. Perhaps more than any other nation ever acquired, yet the nation did not stand for wealth. It was a powerful race for ages, yet we find that nation never stood for power,

You think it is enough to live here and eat and drink and have a little scientific knowledge; but you have no right to say that that will suit all tastes. Such a conception is nothing to me. If I had only to learn how an apple falls to the ground,

The present system of education is all wrong. The mind is crammed with facts before it knows how to think. Control of the mind should be taught first

I have come across many a great soul, many a heart overflowing with loving kindness, sitting at whose feet I used to feel a mighty current of strength coursing into my heart