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- Give up bondage; become a son, be free, and then you can "see the Father", as did Jesus.
- "Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God." This sentence alone would save mankind if all books and prophets were lost. This…
- Work and worship are necessary to take away the veil, to lift off the bondage and illusion.
- When we free ourselves from name and form, especially from a body - when we need no body, good or bad - then only do…
- Where no bondage is, there is no cause and effect.
- This world is not for cowards. Do not try to fly. Look not for success or failure. Join yourself to the perfectly unselfish will and…
- The Vedas teach that the soul is divine, only held in the bondage of matter; perfection will be reached when this bond will burst, and…
- Life is called Samsara - it is the result of the conflicting forces acting upon us. Materialism says, "The voice of freedom is a delusion."…
- The more power there is, the more bondage, the more fear.
- The chief helps in this liberation are Abhyasa and Vairagya. Vairagya is non - attachment to life, because it is the will to enjoy that…
- Every one is struggling for freedom-from the atom to the star. The ignorant man is satisfied if he can get freedom within a certain limit-if…
- The awakening of the soul to its bondage and its effort to stand up and assert itself - this is called life.
- Each one of us reaps what we ourselves have sown. These miseries under which we suffer, these bondages under which we struggle, have been caused…
- Get rid of the bondage of body; we have become slaves to it and learnt to hug our chains and love our slavery; so much…
- A golden chain is as much a chain as an iron one. Shri Ramakrishna used to say that, to pick out one thorn which has…
- Cut the bondage of all worldly affections; go beyond laziness and all care as to what becomes of you.
- Do not desire, for what you desire you get, and with it comes terrible bondage. It is nothing but bringing "noses on us," as in…
- Every one is as much bound in thought, word, deed, and mind, as a piece of stone or this table. That I talk to you…
- He who asserts he is free, shall be free. He who says he is bound, bound he shall remain.
- He who is alone is happy. Do good to all, like everyone, but do not love anyone. It is a bondage, and bondage brings only…
- Slavery is slavery. The chain of gold is quite as bad as the chain of iron. Is there a way out?
- The moment you think creed and form and ceremony the "be-all" and "end-all", then you are in bondage. Take part in them to help others,…
- To injure another creates bondage and hides the truth. Negative virtues are not enough; we have to conquer Maya, and then she will follow us.…
- To weep is a sign of weakness, of bondage.
- We are bound to earth by desire and also to God, heaven, and the angels. A slave is a slave whether to man, to God,…
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- Give up bondage; become a son, be free, and then you can "see the Father", as did Jesus. — Swami Vivekananda
- "Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God." This sentence alone would save mankind if all books and prophets… — Swami Vivekananda
- They will endure. They are better than we are. Stronger than we are. Their vices are vices aped from white men or… — William Faulkner
- Familiarize yourselves with the chains of bondage and you prepare your own limbs to wear them. Accustomed to trample on the rights… — Abraham Lincoln
- When I left the house of bondage I left everything behind. I wasn't going to keep nothing of Egypt on me, an'… — Sojourner Truth
- Youths of the Pellaians and of the Macedonians and of the Hellenic Amphictiony and of the Lakedaimonians and of the Corinthians... and… — Alexander the Great
- At this unprecedented juncture in our history I have a word for you. Do not be disheartened by our temporary defeat ;… — Subhas Chandra Bose