On this basis–being right and doing right–the whole world can unite.
– Swami Vivekananda.

All power is within you, you can do anything and everything. Believe in that, do not believe that you are weak… You can do anything and everything, without even the guidance of any one. All power is there. Stand up and express the divinity within you… Arise, Awake , Sleep no more. Within each of you there is the power to remove all wants and all miseries. Believe in this, and that power will be manifested.
– Swami Vivekananda.

Only through work can one remove the bondage of work. Total detachment comes later. One should not be without work even for a moment. Work helps one to fend off idle thoughts.
– Sarda Devi.

As you smell the fragrance of a flower while handling it or the smell of sandalwood while rubbing it against a stone, so you obtain spiritual awakening by constantly thinking of God. If you become desireless you can realize Him right now.
– Sarda Devi.

Just surrender yourself to Him, you will then feel His grace.
– Sarda Devi.

Know that service to your mother is your highest duty. But it is a different matter if she stands in the way of your spiritual progress.
– Sarda Devi.

My son, if a thorn pricks your foot, it hurts me like a spear enterning my heart.
– Sarda Devi.

I am the Mother of the virtuous, I am the Mother of the wicked. Whenever you are in distress, say to yourself : ‘I have a mother.’
– Sarda Devi.

Today the human body is, tomorrow it is not; even the shortest span of life is beset with pain and misery. He who is able to renounce all for God’s sake is a living God.
– Sarda Devi.

Do not be afraid; the Master is behind you, and I am , too, as your Mother.
– Sarda Devi.