The cheerful mind perseveres and the strong mind hews its way through a thousand difficulties. - Swami Vivekananda

Great work requires great and persistent effort for a long time. … Character has to be established through a thousand stumbles.

The more you think of yourself as shining immortal spirit, the more eager you will be to be absolutely free of matter, body, and senses. This is the intense desire to be free.

There is only one sin. That is weakness.... The only saint is that soul that never weakens, faces everything, and determines to die game.