The writings and speeches of Swami Abhedananda, a direct disciple of Sri Ramakrishna, were spread over a long period of ministration both in America and in India. His deep philosophical insight and unfathomed spirituality greatly attracted learned people all over the world. All his writings and speeches are available in this set of eleven volumes.
There is only one sin -- and that sin is weakness. When I was a boy, I read Milton's Paradise Lost. The only good man I had any respect for was Satan. The only saint is the soul who never weakens, faces everything, and determines to die game.
-Swami Vivekananda