“Yearning is necessary, but it can not be artificially created… Tenacity is what is required. If a man’s restlessness results from sincere love for God, he cannot have a Godless life, even if he fails to realize Him. Millions of births may pass without attaining Him, yet he will persist in calling upon Him steadily and quite unmoved.”
(p.172, Eternal Companion, Swami Brahmananda’s instruction to a devotee)
“We all live in a world of love, and Sri Ramakrishna is presiding over this world. He wanted all of us to be together, and this is why we, his followers, are here. He attracted us by his pure, divine love. He brought this love down to earth, and it is because of this love that we have come together. And our number will keep growing by virtue of this love.”
(p.239, Letters For Spiritual Seekers, Swami Shivananda’s letter dated 19 May 1925)