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I have come to this conclusion that there is only one country in the world which understands religion – it is India.

Swami Vivekananda

One may gain political and social independence, but if one is a slave to his passions and desires, one cannot feel the pure joy of real freedom
SWAMI VIVEKANANDA

Desire Joy Passion Reality
Feel like Christ and you will be a Christ; feel like Buddha and you will be a Buddha. It is feeling that is the life, the strength, the vitality, without which no amount of intellectual activity can reach God.
SWAMI VIVEKANANDA

Feeling Intellectual Life
Do not desire, for what you desire you get, and with it comes terrible bondage. It is nothing but bringing “noses on us,” as in the case of the man who had three boons to ask. We never get freedom until we are self-contained. “Self is the Saviour of self, none else.”
SWAMI VIVEKANANDA

Desire Freedom Men Terrible
He who struggles is better than he who never attempts.
SWAMI VIVEKANANDA

Himself Inspirational Struggle Try
There is only one Soul in the Universe. There is no ‘you’ or ‘me’; all variety is merged into the absolute unity, the one infinite existence – God.
SWAMI VIVEKANANDA

Infinite Soul Spiritual Unity
Persevere on, my brave lads, We have only just begun. Never despond! Never say enough!
SWAMI VIVEKANANDA

Brave. Perseverance Enough Inspirational Motivational
He whose book of the heart has been opened needs no other books.
SWAMI VIVEKANANDA

Book Heart Need Philosophy
Man’s experience in the world is to enable him to get out of its whirlpool.
SWAMI VIVEKANANDA

Experience Men World
Say, “I can do everything .” “Even if poison of a snake is powerless if you can firmly deny it.”
SWAMI VIVEKANANDA

Inspirational Motivational Powerful
You must all pay attention to your health first.
SWAMI VIVEKANANDA

Attention Health Pay Yourself
If in this hell of a world one can bring a little joy and peace even for a day into the heart of a single person, that much alone is true; this I have learnt after suffering all my life; all else is mere moonshine.
SWAMI VIVEKANANDA

Alone Heart Joy Peace Person Suffering True
Everyone goes with the flow. But the one who goes against the flow becomes someone remarkable in life.
SWAMI VIVEKANANDA

Flow Inspirational Remarkable
The mind is but the subtle part of the body. You must retain great strength in your mind and words.
SWAMI VIVEKANANDA

Body Divine Greatness Mind Strength Word
When death is so certain, it is better to die for a good cause.
SWAMI VIVEKANANDA

Death Goodness Reason
Be grateful that the poor man is there, so that by making a gift to him you are able to help yourself.
SWAMI VIVEKANANDA

Ability Gift Grateful Help Men Poor Yourself
He who is alone is happy. Do good to all, like everyone, but do not love anyone. It is a bondage, and bondage brings only misery. Live alone in your mind – that is happiness. To have nobody to care for and never minding who cares for one is the way to be free.
SWAMI VIVEKANANDA

Alone Care Happiness Love Mindset Misery

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