The goal of mankind is knowledge ... Now this knowledge is inherent in…

Swami Vivekananda
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The goal of mankind is knowledge ... Now this knowledge is inherent in man. No knowledge comes from outside: it is all inside. What we say a man 'knows', should, in strict psychological language, be what he 'discovers' or 'unveils'; what man 'learns' is really what he discovers by taking the cover off his own soul, which is a mine of infinite knowledge. ✨ Swami Vivekananda (1993). Prabuddha Bharata: Or Awakened India
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