“(…) In every Age people reached salvation through different types of action and sadhana (spiritual practice), but in this Age one can reach liberation only through hard work. (…) We need not consider religion or caste, but only look to hard work.”

Living Hinduism ( Page 29 )

Vedânta philosophy : Lectures by the Swâmi Vivekânanda on Râja Yoga (1899), Ch. VI : Pratyâhâra and Dhâraṇâm
Context: To succeed, you must have tremendous perseverance, tremendous will. “I will drink the ocean”, says the persevering soul; “at my will mountains will crumble up”. Have that sort of energy, that sort of will; work hard, and you will reach the goal.

Source: The Likeness

Ode interview (2009)
Context: It's not easy to talk about transcendence, just as it's not easy to play or listen to a late Beethoven quartet … You have to practice quite hard, like you do with any art form. Religion is hard work.

Journal August 22 1916 Voices of German Expressionism ISBN 9781854374813
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A Little Learning (1964)

Milagros Cabral Estelar de la era dorada del voleibol http://www.hoy.com.do/deportes/2010/8/14/338019/Milagros-CabralEstelar-de-la-era-dorada-del-voleibol Interview in Hoy (14 August 2010)