It is all Mother…. All men are good. Only we cannot reach all…. I am never going to teach anymore. Who am I that I should teach anyone?
(p.3-4, Vol.5, New Discoveries, Sister Nivedita describing Swamiji’s spiritual mood in her letter from Kashmir to Mrs. Ashton Jonson dt.13 Oct, 1898.) (C.W, Vol.9, p.402)
It is very difficult to realize God. The slightest desire blocks the way.
(p.142, Spiritual Talks, Swami Turiyananda’s words to a monk at Varanasi on 13 Oct, 1919.)