"Give up, renounce the world. Now we..." - Quote by Swami Vivekananda

“Plunge into the world, and then, after a time, when you have suffered and enjoyed all that is in it, will renunciation come; then will calmness come. So fulfill your desire for power and everything else, and after you have fulfilled the desire, will come the time when you will know that they are all very little things; but until you have fulfilled this desire, until you have passed through that activity, it is impossible for you to come to the state of calmness, serenity, and self-surrender.”

“This is the great fact: strength is life.”

“Perfection can never be attained by work.”

“The test of progress is the amount of renunciation that one has attained.”

“That parrot's non-co-operation with the cage, with its master, will live for ever because it looks upon renunciation, non-co-operation, as a joy.”

“Renunciation is the very basis upon which ethics stands. There never was an ethical code preached which had not renunciation for its basis.”

“Never have ideas about children, and never have ideas for them.”

“No, life has not disappointed me. On the contrary, I find it truer, more desirable and mysterious every year -- ever since the day when the great liberator came to me: the idea that life could be an experiment of the seeker for knowledge -- and not a duty, not a calamity, not trickery.”

“The election of a man committed to the cause of freedom and the renewal of America's strength has given encouragement to all those who love liberty.”