We reap what we sow. We are the makers of our own fate. The wind is blowing; those vessels whose sails are unfurled catch it, and go forward on their… - Swami Vivekananda

We reap what we sow. We are the makers of our own fate. None else has the blame, none has the praise.

Ignorance is the mother of all the evil and all the misery we see. Let men have light, let them be pure and spiritually strong and educated, then alone will misery cease in the world, not before. We may convert every house in the country into a charity asylum, we may fill the land with hospitals, but the misery of man will still continue to exist until man's character changes.

Everything must be sacrificed, if necessary, for that one sentiment: universality.

External nature is only internal nature writ large.