When we have become free, we need not go mad and throw up society and rush off to die in the forest or the cave; we shall remain where we were, only … - Swami Vivekananda
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When we have become free, we need not go mad and throw up society and rush off to die in the forest or the cave; we shall remain where we were, only we shall understand the whole thing.
Swami Vivekananda (12 January 1863 – 4 July 1902) was a teacher of Vedanta philosophy, and one of the most famous and influential spiritual leaders of Hinduism.
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Also Known As
Native Name:
স্বামী বিবেকানন্দ
Alternative Names:
Vivekananda
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Narendranath Datta
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Narendra Nath Datta
"No knowledge comes from outside; it is all inside. What we say a man "knows", should, in strict psychological language, be what he "discovers" or "unveils"; what a man "learns" is really what he "discovers", by taking the cover off his own soul, which is a mine of infinite knowledge."
There is nothing beyond God, and the sense enjoyments are simply something through which we are passing now in the hope of getting better things.
Thank God for giving you this world as a moral gymnasium to help your development, but never imagine you can help the world.
