THIS ATMAN IS NOT TO BE ATTAINED BY ONE WHO IS WEAK

Through works such as sacrifices etc., one may get enjoyments, but it is impossible to have the purity of soul.... Everything exists already in the Self of all beings. He who asserts he is free, shall be free. He who says he is bound, bound he shall remain. To me, the thought of oneself as low and humble is a sin and ignorance. " — This Atman is not to be attained by one who is weak.

- Swami Vivekananda
1895.The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda/Volume 6/Epistles - Second Series/LXIX Shashi