“… No body here understands “my beloved”. Religion to these people is reason, and horribly stony at that. I do not care for anybody who cannot love my “Beloved”….they (referring to some) never were much of religious men – i.e. they only wanted to talk and reason, and did not struggle to see the Beloved; and until one does that I do not say that he has any religion. He may have books, forms, doctrines, words, reasons, etc., etc., but not religion; for that begins when the soul feels the necessity, the want, the yearning after the “Beloved”, and never before.”
(p.22, Letters of Swami Vivekananda, Swamiji in a letter dt. 14th May 1894 written to Mrs. G W Hale)
“The Lord is your helper. Don’t worry. All troubles will pass away. Be firm and devoted to the Master – there is nothing to be afraid of.”
(p.63-4, Spiritual Treasures, Letter of Swami Turiyananda dated 14th May 1913 to Swami Yatiswarananda)