"Worship of society and popular opinion is idolatry." — Swami Vivekananda
"Worship of society and popular opinion is idolatry."
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Swami Vivekananda
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1,363 Quotes by Swami Vivekananda
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Man represses the irrational passions of destructiveness, hate, envy, revenge; he worships power, money, the sovereign state, the nation; while…
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Many of us do not believe in any form of idolatry; but they have no right to object when others…
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As to the so-called Hindu idolatry - first go and learn the forms they are going through, and where it…
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Despite the many iniquities that have found entrance into the practices of image-worship as it is in vogue now, I…
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One thing I must tell you. Idolatry in India does not mean anything horrible. It is not the mother of…
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Some may be helped by images, some may not. Some require an image outside, others one inside the brain.
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The idol is the expression of religion.
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The secret of image - worship is that you are trying to develop your vision of Divinity in one thing.
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The test of having ceased to be an idolater is: "When you say 'I', does the body come into your…
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The world has not gone one step beyond idolatry yet.
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This external worship of images has, however, been described in all our Shastras as the lowest of all the low…
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Those reformers who preach against image-worship, or what they denounce as idolatry - to them I say "Brothers, if you…
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