Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda
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The whole universe is a mass of energy, and it is present at every point. One grain is enough for all of us, if we know how to get what there is....
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This having to do is the poison that is killing us.... [Duty is] what pleases slaves.... [But] I am free! What I do is my play. [I am not a slave. I am] having a little fun — that is all....
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[At death] all the senses go into the [mind] and the mind goes into Prana, vitality.
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Circumstances can never be good or bad. Only the individual man can be good or bad. What is meant by the world being good or bad? Misery and happiness can only belong to the sensuous individual man.
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There is one difference: Man can control all these and become God, the master." Animals cannot do
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That is all the distinction. One is the master of nature, the other the slave of nature. What is nature? The five senses....
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We have become so materialistic. When we think of ourselves, we find only the body. The body has become the ideal, nothing else. Therefore a little physical help is necessary....
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Proper food, proper exercise, proper sleep, proper wakefulness — these are necessary for any success.
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Do not despair! Awake, arise, and stop not until the goal is reached!...
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Religion is being and becoming, not hearing or acknowledging.
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