PUT ON ALL POWERS, PHILOSOPHY, WORK, PRAYER, MEDITATION - CROWD ALL SAIL, PUT ON ALL HEAD OF STEAM - REACH THE GOAL. THE SOONER, THE BETTER.....

The will is the "still small voice", the real Ruler who says "do" and "do not". It has done all that binds us. The ignorant will leads to bondage, the knowing will can free us. The will can be made strong in thousands of ways; every way is a kind of Yoga, but the systematised Yoga accomplishes the work more quickly. Bhakti, Karma, Raja, and Jnana-Yoga get over the ground more effectively. Put on all powers, philosophy, work, prayer, meditation — crowd all sail, put on all head of steam — reach the goal. The sooner, the better. . . .

- Swami Vivekananda
The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda/Volume 7/Inspired Talks/Saturday, July 27, 1895. (Kathopanishad)

NO GOOD WILL COME OF SITTING IDLE AND HAVING PRINCELY DISHES, AND SAYING " Ramakrishna, O Lord!" - UNLESS YOU CAN DO SOME GOOD TO THE POOR

Go from door to door amongst the poor and lower classes of the town of Khetri and teach them religion. Also, let them have oral lessons on geography and such other subjects. No good will come of sitting idle and having princely dishes, and saying "Ramakrishna..., O Lord!" — unless you can do some good to the poor. Go to other villages from time to time, and teach the people the arts of life as well as religion. Work, worship, and Jnana (knowledge) — first work, and your mind will be purified; otherwise everything will be fruitless like pouring oblations on a pile of ashes instead of in the sacred fire.

- Swami Vivekananda
(March or April?) 1894. The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda/Volume 6/Epistles - Second Series/LV Akhandananda