"The world is the great gymnasium where..." - Quote by Swami Vivekananda

“On this basic - being right and doing right the whole world can unite.”

“Avoid excessive merriment. A mind in that state never becomes calm; it becomes fickle. Excessive merriment will always be followed by sorrow. Tears and laughter are near kin. People so often run from one extreme to the other.”

“Every time you think of doing some charity, you think there is some beggar to take your charity. If you say, "O Lord, let the world be full of charitable people!" - you mean, let the world be full of beggars also. Let the world be full of good works - let the world be full of misery. This is out-and-out slavishness!”

“I've learned that I still have a lot to learn.”

“Deeds and seeds, take their own time to fructify.”

“Just as bees make honey from thyme, the strongest and driest of herbs, so do the wise profit from the most difficult of experiences.”

“Armor is heavy, yet it is a proud burden, and a man standeth straight in it.”

“The unforgivable crime is soft hitting. Do not hit at all if it can be avoided; but never hit softly.”

“But the human body has an enormous capacity for adjusting to trying circumstances. I have found that one can bear the unbearable if one can keep one's spirits strong even when one's body is being tested. Strong convictions are the secret of surviving deprivation; your spirit can be full even when your stomach is empty.”