Don’t Think of Yourself Like This
“Put yourself to work and you will find tremendous power coming to you that you will find it hard to bear. Even the least work done for others awakens the power within; even thinking the least good of others gradually instils into the heart the strength of a lion.” — Swami Vivekananda
Stop Being Afraid of Being Judged
“No human institution is beyond abuse. Would you cook nothing because there are beggars? Would you possess nothing because there are thieves?” — Swami Vivekananda When you were learning to walk, did you get discouraged by someone laughing when you fell? If you did, you wouldn’t walk, run, go out and play, or explore the […]
The Biggest Sins in Life
“To place before himself a great object and then shrink in the name of expediency from the expenditure and sacrifice called for its pursuit is not prudence but ineptitude.” — Sri Aurobindo We all have dreams. Learning to code, creating content on our passions, exploring the world, becoming entrepreneurs… but most of us will spend […]
If Today Was the Last Day of Your Life
“We shall all die! Bear this in mind always, and then the spirit within will wake up. Then only, meanness will vanish from you, practicality in work will come, you will get new vigour in mind and body, and those who come in contact with you will also feel that they have really got something […]
How To Strengthen Your Willpower
Many of us have desires: to have a startup or a YouTube channel, to get rich by investing money, or to go on a vacation. We think about the desire a lot, but never get around to working on it. Or we start, but stop in almost no time. The reason? Overwhelm. We conduct extensive […]
You Don’t Need Permission or Instructions
“An association is not a thing which cannot exist unless we have a Chairman and a Vice Chairman and a Secretary. An association is not a thing which cannot meet unless it has a fixed meeting place. Association. . . depends upon the feeling and the force within us. Association means unity, brotherhood, binding together […]
Stay Hungry, Stay Foolish
“Or we try to cover up this emptiness with ideas, beliefs, creeds, fancies; then opinion, goodwill, and experience of others take on powerful import; then ceremonies, priests, Masters, saviors become essential and destroy self-reliance; then authority is worshipped.” — J. Krishnamurti The terms “principle” and “ideology” might appear similar, but they’re as different as apples […]
How To Attain Moksha
“Poverty of being is revealed when we try to overcome it by covering it up with possessions, with the worship of success and even virtues. Then things, property, come to have great significance; then class, social position, country, pride of race assume great importance and have to be maintained at all costs; then name, family, […]
Be Sturdy, Not Fragile
One noon, a tired Parshurama asked his disciple Karna to bring him a roll of deerskin that he could use as a pillow to sleep on. Karna offered his thighs instead, which Parshurama accepted. While Parshurama slept, a boar-like insect cut through Karna’s thigh. “If I want to stop it,” he thought, “I will have […]
Is It a Dream? Or Is It a Goal?
“Wish and will are not the same thing, but divided by a great gulf: the one, which is all most of us get to, is a puny, tepid, and inefficient thing, and, even when most enthusiastic, easily discouraged and turned from its object; the other can be a giant to accomplish and endure.” — Sri […]