| Swami Vivekananda |
| Power of the Mind2 |
| Whatever you do, DEVOTE your whole MIND, HEART, and SOUL to it. I once met a great sannyasin who cleansed his brass cooking utensils, making them shine like gold, with as much care and attention as he bestowed on his worship and meditation. |
| It is our own MENTAL ATTITUDE which makes the world what it is for us. Our thoughts make things beautiful, our thoughts make things ugly. The whole world is in our OWN MINDS. LEARN TO SEE THINGS IN THE PROPER LIGHT. |
| What work do you expect from man of little hearts? Nothing in the world? You must have an IRONWILL if you would cross the ocean. You must be STRONG enough to pierce mountains. |
| The more this power of concentration, the more knowledge is acquired, because this is the one and only method of acquiring knowledge. Even the lowest shoeblack, if he gives more concentration, will black shoes better, the cook with concentration will cook a meal all the better. In making money, or in worshipping God, or in doing anything, the stronger the POWER of CONCENTRATION,the BETTER will that thing be done. This is the one call, the one knock, which opens the gate of nature, and lets out the FLOOD OF LIGHT. |