Take up one idea. Make that one idea your life; dream of it; think of it; live on that idea. Let the brain, the body, muscles, nerves, every part of your body be full of that idea, and just leave every other idea alone. This is the way to success, and this is the way great spiritual giants are produced.

Swami Vivekananda Raja Yoga (Yoga Philosophy: Lectures Delivered in New York, Winter of 1895–6), 1896

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Swami Vivekananda 1863–1902 · Indian Hindu monk and disciple of Ramakrishna who introduced Vedanta and yoga to the West. Wikipedia

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