“All the powers in the universe are already ours. It is we who have put our hands before our eyes and cry that it is dark.”

—  Swami Vivekananda

Pearls of Wisdom
Variant: Who makes us ignorant? We ourselves. We put our hands over our eyes and weep that it is dark.

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