Swami Ramakrishnananda's genuine love and concern for others, his profound scholarship and unshakable faith and steadiness and his practical counsel's for facing life's challenges are reflected in the numerous letters he wrote. These will bring succor and strength to all those who are aspiring to lead nobler lives.
The important thing is how much less you think of the body, of yourself as matter -- as dead, dull, insentient matter; how much more you think of yourself as shining immortal being. The more you think of yourself as spirit, the more eager you will be to be absolutely free from matter, body and senses. This is the intense desire to be free.
-Swami Vivekananda