Edgar Cayce Reading 262-33

... Whether in joy, in sorrow, in trouble or in pain, let that mind be
in you as was in He that gave, "I am with you always, even unto the
end of the world."

The Gospel of Strength

The sign of vigour, the sign of life, the sign of hope, the sign of
health, the sign of everything that is good, is strength.

Mark you, those things which you see in pusillanimous, effiminate
folk who speak in a nasal tone chewing every syllable, whose voice is
as thin as of one who has been starving for a week, who are like a
tattered wet rag, who never protest or are moved even if kicked by
anybody - those are the signs of death, not of sattva [the calm and
balanced state] - all corruption and stench... During these last
thousand years, the whole country is filling the air with the name of
the Lord and is sending its prayers to Him; and the Lord is never
lending His ears to them. And why should He? When even man never hears
the cries of the fool, do you think God will? Now the only way out is
to listen to the words of Lord in the Gita, "yield not to unmanliness,
O Partha!"

This I lay down as the first essential in all I teach: anything that
brings spiritual, mental, or physical weakness, touch it not with the
toes of your feet.

The Gospel of Strength - Swami Vivekananda

First of all, our young men must be strong. Religion will come
afterwards. Be strong, my young friends; that is my advice to you. You
will be nearer to heaven through football than through the study of
Gita. These are bold worlds; but I have to say them, for I love you. I
know where the shoe pinches. I have gained a little experience. You
will understand the Gita better with your biceps, your muscles, a
little stronger. You will understand the mighty genius and the mighty
strength of Krishna better with a little of strong blood in you. You
will understand the Upanishads better and the glory of the Atman when
your body stands firm upon feet, and you feel yourselves as men.

That is all I have to say to the world. Be strong!... The sign of
life is strength and growth. The sign of death is weakness. Whatever
is weak, avoid! It is death! If it is strength, go down into hell and
get hold of it!

Be strong. Be manly. I have respect even for a wicked person so long
as he is manly and strong, for his strength will someday make him give
up his wickedness, and even renounce all work for selfish ends. It
will thus eventually bring him to the Truth.

The Gospel of Strength

You must learn to make the physique very strong and teach the same to
others... Body and mind must run parallel... When the necessity of
strengthening the physique is brought home to people, they wll exert
themselves of their own accord.

This is not the time with us to weep even in joy; we have had weeping
enough; no more is this the time for us to become soft. This softness
has been with us till we have become like masses of cotton and are
dead. What our country now wants are muscles of iron and nerves of
steel, gigantic wills which nothing can resist, which can penetrate
into the mysteries and the secrets of the universe, and will
accomplish their purpose in any fashion even if it meant going down to
the bottom of the ocean and meeting death face to face.

If you, my sons, can proclaim this message to the world - "Yield not
to unmanliness, O son of Pritha; it does not befit thee" - then all
this disease, grief, sin and sorrow will vanish off from the face of
the earth in three days.

The Gospel of Strength - Swami Vivekananda

We speak of many things parrot-like, but never do them; speaking and
not doing has become a habit with us. What is the cause of that?
Physical weakness. This sort of weak brain is not able to do anything;
we must strengthen it.

You are lions, you are souls, pure, infinite, and perfect. The might
of the universe is within you. Why weepest thou my friend?

The brain and muscles must develop simultaneously. Iron nerves with
an intelligent brain - and the whole world is at your feet.

Edgar Cayce Reading 487-17

. . those that find fault with others will find fault in themselves;
for they are writing their own record--they must meet, every one, that
which they have said about another; for so is the image, the soul of
the Creator in each body, and when ye speak evil of or unkindly to thy
brother, thou hast done it unto thy God.

Edgar Cayce Reading 487-17