Letter to The Maharaja of Khetri 01
I am a man of dogged perseverance. I have planted a seed in this country; it is already a plant, and I expect it to be a tree very soon.
Letter to Miss Mary Hale 03
We have learned the lesson which no child can yet understand. It is vanity. This hideous world is Maya. Renounce and be happy. Give up the idea of sex and possessions. There is no other bond. Marriage and sex and money the only living devils. All earthly love proceeds from the body.
Letter to Mr. F. Leggett 02
Letter to Mr. F. Leggett
Notes to the Readers
Before leaving for the U.S.A, Swamiji used to change his name very often. In earlier years, he signed as Narendra or Naren; then for some time as Vividishananda or Sachchidananda. But for the convenience of the readers, these volumes use the more familiar name of Vivekananda.
Letter to CHRISTINE
Even the mountains will fly, the fire will be cold, yet the heart of the great will never change.
Letter to Miss Mary Hale 05
My country is, as you know, the land of waters. But never did I realise before what that meant. The rivers of East Bengal are oceans of rolling fresh water, not rivers, and so long that steamers work on them for weeks.