“Friendship with many is best at a distance, and everything goes well with the person who stands on his own feet.”
(p.512, V.7, Complete Works of swami Vivekananda, Swamiji’s letter to Miss Noble on 29th July 1897)
“There will be enough men to carry on the work here after this winter if the Lord is kind. Each work has to pass through these stages — ridicule, opposition, and then acceptance. Each man who thinks ahead of his time is sure to be misunderstood. So opposition and persecution are welcome, only I have to be steady and pure and must have immense faith in God, and all these will vanish ”
(p.91, V.5, Complete Works of swami Vivekananda, Swamiji’s letter to the Maharaja of Khetri dt 9th July 1895)