““All of us are tethered to some purpose in life, and therefore we are unable to understand Krishna. We live with a goal in life, with a purpose, a motive. Even if we love some one we do so with a purpose; we give our love with a condition, a string attached to it. We always want something in return. Even our love is not purposeless, unconditional, uncontaminated. We never do a thing without motive, just for the love of it. And remember, unless you begin to do something without a cause, without a reason, without a motive, you cannot be religious. The day something in your life happens causelessly, when your action has no motive or condition attached to it, when you do something just for the love and joy of doing it, you will know what religion is, what God is.””
![“Krishna is the higher Self, or God. He sees through the argument at once. In this case [the motive] is weakness.” quote by Swami Vivekananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/300/swami-vivekananda-53_higher-self_krishna-is-the-higher-self-or-god-he-see_2162923.jpg)
![“The god Krishna says: I love the man who hates not nor exults, who mourns not nor desires … who is the same to friend and foe, [the same] whether he be respected or despised, the same in heat and cold, in pleasure and in pain, who has put away attachment and remains unmoved by praise or blame ……” quote by Jonathan Haidt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/fe9/jonathan-haidt-1823_god_the-god-krishna-says-i-love-the-man-who_331805.jpg)
![“[Krishna answers:] “The man who has given up all desires, who desires nothing, not even this life, nor freedom, nor gods, nor work, nor anything.” quote by Swami Vivekananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/684/swami-vivekananda-53_desire_krishna-answers-the-man-who-has-given-up_1230669.jpg)
