All love is expansion, all selfishness is contraction. Love is therefo…

Swami Vivekananda
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All love is expansion, all selfishness is contraction. Love is therefore the only law of life. He who loves lives, he who is selfish is dying. Therefore love for love's sake, because it is the only law of life, just as you breathe to live. ✨ Swami Vivekananda (2016). Thoughts of Power, p.9, Advaita Ashrama (A publication branch of Ramakrishna Math, Belur Math)
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