Swami Vivekananda

When an idea exclusively occupies the mind, it is transformed into an actual physical or mental state.

The will is not free - it is a phenomenon bound by cause and effect - but there is something behind the will which is free.

All the powers in the universe are already ours. It is we who have put our hands before our eyes and cry that it is dark.

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.

Condemn none: if you can stretch out a helping hand, do so. If you cannot, fold your hands, bless your brothers, and let them go their own way.

All differences in this world are of degree, and not of kind, because oneness is the secret of everything.