Swami Sivananda Vani

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" The human mind refuses to surrender its inveterate habits and gross

limitations, unless battered by circumstances and brought into the disciplines

of suffering. Comfort and coziness settle the mind in

lazy complacency. Stress and strain stir its powers; suffering and sorrow render

it sensitive to the higher realities that never fail it. Pain and privation

purify the heart, develop will-power and discipline the entire nature; they aid

the mind examine itself, take an inventory of its resources, and establish a

mastery over its own weaknesses. " -

Swami Sivananda