The Philosophical and Religious Lectures of Swami Vivekananda
Swami Tapasyananda
A pr�cis of the lectures is made in about one third of the size of the originals, with appropriate paragraph headings that serve as landmarks to guide the reader through the thought-content of the lectures. :
Avoid excessive merriment. A mind in that state never becomes calm; it becomes fickle. Excessive merriment will always be followed by sorrow. Tears and laughter are near kin. People so often run from one extreme to the other.
-Swami Vivekananda