We theorize, talk, philosophize; and the next moment something comes against us, and we instinctively become angry, we forget there is anything in this universe but this little limited self, we forget to say, "I am the spirit, what is this trifle to me? I am the spirit." We forget that it is the spirit playing with itself. We forget God. We forget freedom.
~ Swami Vivekananda
From a lecture on "What Is Religion?". Complete Works, 1.342.
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