LIVE ALONE, LIVE ALONE - HE WHO IS ALONE NEVER COMES INTO CONFLICT WITH OTHERS

"Live alone, live alone. He who is alone never comes into conflict with others — never disturbs others, is never disturbed by others." I long, oh! I long for my rags, my shaven head, my sleep under the trees, and my food from begging! India is the only place where, with all its faults, the soul finds its freedom, its God. All this Western pomp is only vanity, only bondage of the soul. Never more in my life I realised more forcibly the vanity of the world. May the Lord break the bondage of all — may all come out of Maya — is the constant prayer of

- Swami Vivekananda
24th Jan., 1896.The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda/Volume 6/Epistles - Second Series/XCII Yogen