"Only those who want nothing are masters..." - Quote by Swami Vivekananda
Only those who want nothing are masters of Nature.
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“Stand up, be bold, and take the blame on your own shoulders. Do not go about throwing mud at others; for all the faults you suffer from, you are the sole and only cause.”
“On this basic - being right and doing right the whole world can unite.”
“There is no power on earth which can be kept long confined within a narrow limit. It cannot be kept compressed too long to allow of expansion at a subsequent period.”
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“It is desirable that a man be clad so simply that he can lay his hands on himself in the dark, and that he live in all respects so compactly and preparedly, that, if an enemy take the town, he can, like the old philosopher, walk out the gate empty-handed without anxiety.”
“Peaceful is the one who is not concerned with having more or less.”
“Those who seek knowledge, collect something every day. Those who seek the Way, let go of something every day.”
More on Desire
“Be suspicious of what you want.”
“How beautiful you are! You are more beautiful in anger than in repose. I don't ask you for your love; give me yourself and your hatred; give me yourself and that pretty rage; give me yourself and that enchanting scorn; it will be enough for me.”
“they do not know that they seek only the chase and not the quarry.”