--- title: "30 Hands Quotes By Swami Vivekananda" description: "30 Hands quotes by Swami Vivekananda. Plus more from Swami Vivekananda and more Hands sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/444/swami-vivekananda-53_dark_who-makes-us-ignorant-we-ourselves-we-pu_392523.jpg" --- > [Who makes us ignorant? We ourselves. We put our hands over our eyes and weep that it is dark.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/who-makes-us-ignorant-we-ourselves-we-put-our-hands-over-our-eyes-and/) [Swami Vivekananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/swami-vivekananda/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/444/swami-vivekananda-53_dark_who-makes-us-ignorant-we-ourselves-we-pu_392523.jpg) > [Science and religion will meet and shake hands.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/science-and-religion-will-meet-and-shake-hands/) [Swami Vivekananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/swami-vivekananda/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9bf/swami-vivekananda-53_hands_science-and-religion-will-meet-and-shake_140883.jpg) > [The truths of Upanishadas are before you. Take them up, live up to them, and the salvation of Bharat will be at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/the-truths-of-upanishadas-are-before-you-take-them-up-live-up-to-them/) [Swami Vivekananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/swami-vivekananda/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1f0/swami-vivekananda-53_bharat_the-truths-of-upanishadas-are-before-you_186822.jpg) > [By doing well the duty which is nearest to us, the duty which is in our hands, we make ourselves stronger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/by-doing-well-the-duty-which-is-nearest-to-us-the-duty-which-is-in-2/) [Swami Vivekananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/swami-vivekananda/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/697/swami-vivekananda-53_duty_by-doing-well-the-duty-which-is-nearest_2513560.jpg) > [Condemn none: if you can stretch out a helping hand, do so. If you cannot, fold your hands, bless your brothers, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/condemn-none-if-you-can-stretch-out-a-helping-hand-do-so-if-you/) [Swami Vivekananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/swami-vivekananda/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/acc/swami-vivekananda-53_bless_condemn-none-if-you-can-stretch-out-a-he_589473.jpg) > [Do you have the belief in you to move on, even when the whole world is against you, with swords in their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/do-you-have-the-belief-in-you-to-move-on-even-when-the-whole-world-is/) [Swami Vivekananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/swami-vivekananda/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8ce/swami-vivekananda-53_belief_do-you-have-the-belief-in-you-to-move-on_2270099.jpg) > [A man ought to live in this world like a lotus leaf, which grows in water but is never moistened by water;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/a-man-ought-to-live-in-this-world-like-a-lotus-leaf-which-grows-in/) [Swami Vivekananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/swami-vivekananda/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ce1/swami-vivekananda-53_grows_a-man-ought-to-live-in-this-world-like-a_2496466.jpg) > [The coward, afraid of the lash, with one hand wipes his eyes and gives with the other. Of what avail are such…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/the-coward-afraid-of-the-lash-with-one-hand-wipes-his-eyes-and-gives/) [Swami Vivekananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/swami-vivekananda/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/146/swami-vivekananda-53_coward_the-coward-afraid-of-the-lash-with-one-h_2038403.jpg) > [Do not blame any supernatural being, neither be hopeless and despondent, nor think we are in a place from which we can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/do-not-blame-any-supernatural-being-neither-be-hopeless-and/) [Swami Vivekananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/swami-vivekananda/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8ba/swami-vivekananda-53_blame_do-not-blame-any-supernatural-being-neit_2703042.jpg) > [Friends or foes, they are all instruments in Her hands to help us work out our own karma, through pleasure or pain.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/friends-or-foes-they-are-all-instruments-in-her-hands-to-help-us-work/) [Swami Vivekananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/swami-vivekananda/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/10d/swami-vivekananda-53_bless_friends-or-foes-they-are-all-instruments_2896047.jpg) > [You are the makers of your own fortunes. You make yourselves suffer, you make good and evil, and it is you who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/you-are-the-makers-of-your-own-fortunes-you-make-yourselves-suffer/) [Swami Vivekananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/swami-vivekananda/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a51/swami-vivekananda-53_dark_you-are-the-makers-of-your-own-fortunes_391103.jpg) > [You know it already that each one of us is the effect of the infinite past; the child is ushered into the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/you-know-it-already-that-each-one-of-us-is-the-effect-of-the-infinite/) [Swami Vivekananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/swami-vivekananda/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/76b/swami-vivekananda-53_burden_you-know-it-already-that-each-one-of-us_2211622.jpg) > [What is the world that is to be given up? It is here. I am carrying it all with me. My own…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/what-is-the-world-that-is-to-be-given-up-it-is-here-i-am-carrying-it/) [Swami Vivekananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/swami-vivekananda/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/df8/swami-vivekananda-53_body_what-is-the-world-that-is-to-be-given-up_798706.jpg) > [Where will you go to seek Brahman? He is immanent in all beings. Here, here is the visible Brahman! Shame on those…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/where-will-you-go-to-seek-brahman-he-is-immanent-in-all-beings-here/) [Swami Vivekananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/swami-vivekananda/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5c9/swami-vivekananda-53_brahman_where-will-you-go-to-seek-brahman-he-is_924941.jpg) > [By doing well the duty which is nearest to us, the duty which is in our hands now, we make ourselves stronger;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/by-doing-well-the-duty-which-is-nearest-to-us-the-duty-which-is-in/) [Swami Vivekananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/swami-vivekananda/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bfc/swami-vivekananda-53_duty_by-doing-well-the-duty-which-is-nearest_1424660.jpg) > [The sign of vigour, the sign of life, the sign of hope, the sign of health, the sign of everything that is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/the-sign-of-vigour-the-sign-of-life-the-sign-of-hope-the-sign-of/) [Swami Vivekananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/swami-vivekananda/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eef/swami-vivekananda-53_body_the-sign-of-vigour-the-sign-of-life-the_1806344.jpg) > [Materialism has come to the rescue of India in a certain sense by throwing open the doors of life to everyone, by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/materialism-has-come-to-the-rescue-of-india-in-a-certain-sense-by/) [Swami Vivekananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/swami-vivekananda/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6dc/swami-vivekananda-53_castes_materialism-has-come-to-the-rescue-of-in_3146452.jpg) > [Shivaji was the greatest Hindu king that India had produced within the last thousand years; one who was the very incarnation of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/shivaji-was-the-greatest-hindu-king-that-india-had-produced-within/) [Swami Vivekananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/swami-vivekananda/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7b2/swami-vivekananda-53_advent_shivaji-was-the-greatest-hindu-king-that_2325114.jpg) > [For the next fifty years this alone shall be our keynote - this, our great Mother India. Let all other vain gods…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/for-the-next-fifty-years-this-alone-shall-be-our-keynote-this-our/) [Swami Vivekananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/swami-vivekananda/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/acf/swami-vivekananda-53_able_for-the-next-fifty-years-this-alone-shal_863949.jpg) > ["None is good, save One, that is, God", as the Lord Jesus bath said. The rest are only tools in His hands.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/none-is-good-save-one-that-is-god-as-the-lord-jesus-bath-said-the/) [Swami Vivekananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/swami-vivekananda/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a07/swami-vivekananda-53_baths_none-is-good-save-one-that-is-god-as-the_887107.jpg) > [That intense faith in another world, that intense hatred for this world, that intense power of renunciation, that intense faith in God,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/that-intense-faith-in-another-world-that-intense-hatred-for-this/) [Swami Vivekananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/swami-vivekananda/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9f0/swami-vivekananda-53_another-world_that-intense-faith-in-another-world-that_350710.jpg) > [Spirituality brings a class of men who lay exclusive claim to the special powers of the world. The immediate effect of this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/spirituality-brings-a-class-of-men-who-lay-exclusive-claim-to-the/) [Swami Vivekananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/swami-vivekananda/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/348/swami-vivekananda-53_claims_spirituality-brings-a-class-of-men-who-l_2990076.jpg) > [Books are good but they are only maps. Reading a book by direction of a man I read that so many inches…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/books-are-good-but-they-are-only-maps-reading-a-book-by-direction-of/) [Swami Vivekananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/swami-vivekananda/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4a7/swami-vivekananda-53_book_books-are-good-but-they-are-only-maps-re_812969.jpg) > [That the Hindus, absorbed in the ideal, lacked in realistic observation is evident from this. Take painting and sculpture. What do you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/that-the-hindus-absorbed-in-the-ideal-lacked-in-realistic-observation/) [Swami Vivekananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/swami-vivekananda/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/425/swami-vivekananda-53_burning_that-the-hindus-absorbed-in-the-ideal-la_1655039.jpg) > [All the powers in the universe are already ours. It is we who have put our hands before our eyes and cry…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/all-the-powers-in-the-universe-are-already-ours-it-is-we-who-have-put/) [Swami Vivekananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/swami-vivekananda/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d15/swami-vivekananda-53_cry_all-the-powers-in-the-universe-are-alrea_884592.jpg) > [We are slaves in the hands of nature - slaves to a bit of bread, slaves to praise, slaves to blame, slaves…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/we-are-slaves-in-the-hands-of-nature-slaves-to-a-bit-of-bread-slaves/) [Swami Vivekananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/swami-vivekananda/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1ce/swami-vivekananda-53_bits_we-are-slaves-in-the-hands-of-nature-sla_2536466.jpg) > [Do not stand on a high pedestal and take 5 cents in your hand and say, here, my poor man, but be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/do-not-stand-on-a-high-pedestal-and-take-5-cents-in-your-hand-and-say/) [Swami Vivekananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/swami-vivekananda/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5ae/swami-vivekananda-53_able_do-not-stand-on-a-high-pedestal-and-take_2032778.jpg) > [Brave, bold men, these are what we want. What we want is vigor in the blood, strength in the nerves, iron muscles…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/brave-bold-men-these-are-what-we-want-what-we-want-is-vigor-in-the/) [Swami Vivekananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/swami-vivekananda/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/26b/swami-vivekananda-53_blood_brave-bold-men-these-are-what-we-want-wh_1918982.jpg) > [In India the mother is the center of the family and our highest ideal. She is to us the representative of God,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/in-india-the-mother-is-the-center-of-the-family-and-our-highest-ideal/) [Swami Vivekananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/swami-vivekananda/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/57b/swami-vivekananda-53_absolutes_in-india-the-mother-is-the-center-of-the_819443.jpg) > [Dâna, charity. There is no higher virtue than charity. The lowest man is he whose hand draws in, in receiving; and he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/d-na-charity-there-is-no-higher-virtue-than-charity-the-lowest-man-is/) [Swami Vivekananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/swami-vivekananda/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/510/swami-vivekananda-53_bits_d-na-charity-there-is-no-higher-virtue-t_1378272.jpg) ## Other authors on Hands ## More by Swami Vivekananda > [Every action that helps us manifest our divine nature more and more is good; every action that retards it is evil.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/every-action-that-helps-us-manifest-our-divine-nature-more-and-more/) [Swami Vivekananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/swami-vivekananda/) > [Holiness sincerity, and faith.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/holiness-sincerity-and-faith/) [Swami Vivekananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/swami-vivekananda/) > [The Hindus have a peculiar slovenliness in business matters, not being sufficiently methodical and strict in keeping accounts etc.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/the-hindus-have-a-peculiar-slovenliness-in-business-matters-not-being/) [Swami Vivekananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/swami-vivekananda/) > [Renunciation is in our blood.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/renunciation-is-in-our-blood/) [Swami Vivekananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/swami-vivekananda/) > [Let positive, strong, helpful thoughts enter into your brains from very childhood. Lay yourselves open to these thoughts, and not to weakening and paralysing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/let-positive-strong-helpful-thoughts-enter-into-your-brains-from-very/) [Swami Vivekananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/swami-vivekananda/) > [Where can we go to find God if we cannot see Him in our own hearts and in every living being.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/where-can-we-go-to-find-god-if-we-cannot-see-him-in-our-own-hearts/) [Swami Vivekananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/swami-vivekananda/) > [It is the free alone which never changes, and the unchangeable alone which is free; for change is produced by something exterior to a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/it-is-the-free-alone-which-never-changes-and-the-unchangeable-alone/) [Swami Vivekananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/swami-vivekananda/) > [Above all, India is the land of religion.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/above-all-india-is-the-land-of-religion/) [Swami Vivekananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/swami-vivekananda/) > [The awakening of the soul to its bondage and its effort to stand up and assert itself - this is called life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/the-awakening-of-the-soul-to-its-bondage-and-its-effort-to-stand-up/) [Swami Vivekananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/swami-vivekananda/) > [It is the Prana that is manifesting as motion.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/it-is-the-prana-that-is-manifesting-as-motion/) [Swami Vivekananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/swami-vivekananda/) > [Though an atom is invisible, unthinkable, yet in it are the whole power and potency of the universe.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/though-an-atom-is-invisible-unthinkable-yet-in-it-are-the-whole-power/) [Swami Vivekananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/swami-vivekananda/) > [Nothing can be produced without a cause, and the effect is but the cause reproduced.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/nothing-can-be-produced-without-a-cause-and-the-effect-is-but-the/) [Swami Vivekananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/swami-vivekananda/) > [All the strength and succour you want is within yourselves. Therefore make your own future. "Let the dead past bury its dead." The infinite…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/all-the-strength-and-succour-you-want-is-within-yourselves-therefore/) [Swami Vivekananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/swami-vivekananda/) > [Be brave! Be strong! Be fearless! Once you have taken up the spiritual life, fight as long as there is any life in you.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/be-brave-be-strong-be-fearless-once-you-have-taken-up-the-spiritual/) [Swami Vivekananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/swami-vivekananda/) > [“there is a continuity of mind, as the Yogis call it. The mind is universal. Your mind, my mind, all these little minds, are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/there-is-a-continuity-of-mind-as-the-yogis-call-it-the-mind-is/) [Swami Vivekananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/swami-vivekananda/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/hands/swami-vivekananda/#itemlist", "name": "30 Hands Quotes By Swami Vivekananda", "numberOfItems": 30, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Who makes us ignorant? We ourselves. 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Here \"the servant is not worthy of the hire\"; and a Fakir, especially, has no right to any praise whatsoever, for would you praise your servant for simply doing his duty?", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Swami Vivekananda" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/none-is-good-save-one-that-is-god-as-the-lord-jesus-bath-said-the/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a07/swami-vivekananda-53_baths_none-is-good-save-one-that-is-god-as-the_887107.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a07/swami-vivekananda-53_baths_none-is-good-save-one-that-is-god-as-the_887107.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a07/swami-vivekananda-53_baths_none-is-good-save-one-that-is-god-as-the_887107.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“\"None is good, save One, that is, God\", as the Lord Jesus bath said. The rest are only tools in His hands…” — Swami Vivekananda", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 21, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "That intense faith in another world, that intense hatred for this world, that intense power of renunciation, that intense faith in God, that intense faith in the immortal soul, is in you. I challenge anyone to give it up. You cannot. You may try to impose upon me by becoming materialists, by talking materialism for a few months, but I know what you are; if I take you by the hand, back you come as good theists as ever were born. 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The immediate effect of this is a reaction towards materialism, which opens the door to scores of exclusive claims, until the time comes when not only all the spiritual powers of the race, but all its material powers and privileges are centred in the hands of a very few; and these few, standing on the necks of the masses of the people, want to rule them. Then society has to help itself, and materialism comes to the rescue.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Swami Vivekananda" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/spirituality-brings-a-class-of-men-who-lay-exclusive-claim-to-the/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/348/swami-vivekananda-53_claims_spirituality-brings-a-class-of-men-who-l_2990076.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/348/swami-vivekananda-53_claims_spirituality-brings-a-class-of-men-who-l_2990076.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/348/swami-vivekananda-53_claims_spirituality-brings-a-class-of-men-who-l_2990076.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Spirituality brings a class of men who lay exclusive claim to the special powers of the world. 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A gentleman for twenty years sat burning a candle in his hand, in order to paint a lady carrying a candle in her hand.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Swami Vivekananda" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/that-the-hindus-absorbed-in-the-ideal-lacked-in-realistic-observation/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/425/swami-vivekananda-53_burning_that-the-hindus-absorbed-in-the-ideal-la_1655039.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/425/swami-vivekananda-53_burning_that-the-hindus-absorbed-in-the-ideal-la_1655039.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/425/swami-vivekananda-53_burning_that-the-hindus-absorbed-in-the-ideal-la_1655039.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“That the Hindus, absorbed in the ideal, lacked in realistic observation is evident from this. 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It is we who have put our hands before our eyes and cry that it is dark.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Swami Vivekananda" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/all-the-powers-in-the-universe-are-already-ours-it-is-we-who-have-put/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d15/swami-vivekananda-53_cry_all-the-powers-in-the-universe-are-alrea_884592.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d15/swami-vivekananda-53_cry_all-the-powers-in-the-universe-are-alrea_884592.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d15/swami-vivekananda-53_cry_all-the-powers-in-the-universe-are-alrea_884592.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“All the powers in the universe are already ours. 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What we want is vigor in the blood, strength in the nerves, iron muscles and nerves of steel, not softening namby-pamby ideas. Avoid all these. Avoid all mystery. There is no mystery in religion. Is there any mystery in the Vedanta, or in the Vedas, or in the Samhitâs, or in the Puranas? What secret societies did the sages of yore establish to preach their religion? 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