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Swami Vivekananda on Knowledge
Spiritual knowledge is the only thing that can destroy our miseries for ever; any other knowledge satisfies wants only for a time. It is only with the knowledge of the spirit that the faculty of want is annihilated for ever.
The highest men do not seek to get any name or fame from their knowledge.
Ignorance is the cause of all this bondage. It is through ignorance that we have become bound; knowledge will cure it by taking us to the other side.
The conditions necessary in the student are purity, a real thirst after knowledge, and perseverance.
The highest of gifts is the giving of spiritual knowledge, the next is the giving of secular knowledge, and the next is the saving of life, the last is giving food and drink.
The essence of the knowledge of the Vedas was called by the name of Vedanta.
The Vedanta says that the Soul is in its nature Existence absolute, Knowledge absolute, Bliss absolute.
Existence without knowledge and love cannot be; knowledge without love and love without knowledge cannot be.
Human knowledge is not antagonistic to human well-being. On the contrary, it is knowledge alone that will save us in every department of life — in knowledge is worship. The more we know the better for us.
In and through the Self all knowledge comes. Therefore it is the best known of all. It is yourself, that which you call I.
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