The ideal person is he who, in the midst of the greatest silence and s…

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The ideal person is he who, in the midst of the greatest silence and solitude, finds the intensest activity, and in the midst of the intensest activity finds the silence and solitude of the desert. ✨ Swami Vivekananda (2015). The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda, p.39, Manonmani Publishers
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The ideal person is he who, in the midst of the greatest silence and solitude, finds the intensest activity, and in the midst of the intensest activity finds the silence and solitude of the desert. ✨ Swami Vivekananda (2015). The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda, p.39, Manonmani Publishers

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