"Man can become like God and acquire..." - Quote by Swami Vivekananda
Man can become like God and acquire control over the whole universe if he multiplies infinitely his centre of self-consciousness.
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“The animal man lives in the senses. If he does not get enough to eat, he is miserable; or if something happens to his body, he is miserable. In the senses both his misery and his happiness begin and end.”
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