Teachings of Holy Mother Sarada Devi

It is a complex always to be suspecting impurities.
The more you emphasize your obsession, the more obsessed you become.
It is true of all things.

C153 & TN336 C & TN- In the Company of the Holy Mother.  By Her Direct Disciples.   Calcutta : Advaita Ashrama, 1980 & Swami Tapasyananda and Swami Nikhilananda. Sri Sarada Devi, the Holy Mother; Life and Conversations. Madras: Sri Ramakrishna Math, 1977.

Teachings of Holy Mother Sarada Devi

Does one achieve everything by practising Japa and meditation for a few days? Nothing whatever is achieved
unless Mahamaya clears the path.

TN350-51 Swami Tapasyananda and Swami Nikhilananda. Sri Sarada Devi, the Holy Mother;
Life and Conversations. Madras: Sri Ramakrishna Math, 1977.

Teachings of Holy Mother Sarada Devi

The intelligence of a man is very precarious. It is like the thread of a screw. If one thread is loosened, then he goes crazy. Or he becomes entangled  in the trap of Mahamaya and thinks himself to be very intelligent.
TN350-51 Swami Tapasyananda and Swami Nikhilananda. Sri Sarada Devi, the Holy Mother; Life and Conversations. Madras: Sri Ramakrishna Math, 1977.

Excerpts from Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda

The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda ~ Volume 5 ~ Notes from Lectures and Discourses ~ The Evils of Adhikarivada

This attempt at compromise proceeds from arrant downright cowardice. Be bold! My children should be brave, above all. Not the least compromise on any account. Preach the highest truths broadcast. Do not fear losing your respect or causing unhappy friction. Rest assured that if you serve truth in spite of temptations to forsake it, you will attain a heavenly strength in the face of which men will quail to speak before you things which you do not believe to be true. People will be convinced of what you will say to them if you can strictly serve truth for fourteen years continually, without swerving from it. Thus you will confer the greatest blessing on the masses, unshackle their bandages, and uplift the whole nation.

Teachings of Holy Mother - Sarada Devi

Everything depends on one's mind.  Nothing can be achieved without purity of mind.
TN282 Swami Tapasyananda and Swami Nikhilananda. Sri Sarada Devi, the Holy Mother; Life and Conversations. Madras: Sri Ramakrishna Math, 1977.

Teachings of Sri Ramakrishna

There is not other refuge but that great Teacher, Satchidananda. -
P. 168 The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna