Everything can be sacrificed for truth, but truth cannot be sacrificed for anything.
Swami VivekanandaRead
We are ever free if we would only believe it, only have faith enough. You are the soul, free and eternal, ever free, ever blessed. Have faith enough and you will be free in a minute.
Interpretation
What this quote means
True freedom comes from believing in oneself and having faith.
This quote emphasizes that freedom is a state of mind, achievable through belief and faith. Swami Vivekananda inspires us to recognize our inherent worth and potential, suggesting that by cultivating faith, we can transcend limitations and experience profound freedom within ourselves.
Themes
FreedomFaithBeliefSoulEternal
In practice
Example use cases
In a motivational speech about self-discovery, one might say, 'As Swami Vivekananda reminds us, we are ever free if we would only believe it.'
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I have come to deal with principles. I have only to preach that God comes again and again, and that He came in India as Krishna, Rama, and Buddha, and that He will come again. It can almost be demonstrated that after each 500 years the world sinks, and a tremendous spiritual wave comes, and on the top of the wave is a Christ.
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Salvation means knowing the truth. We do not become anything; we are what we are. Salvation [comes] by faith and not by work. It is a question of knowledge! You must know what you are, and it is done. The dream vanishes. This you [and others] are dreaming here. When they die, they go to [the] heaven [of their dream]. They live in that dream, and [when it ends], they take a nice body [here], and they are good people.
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