Helping Others Is a Privilege
“It is sheer nonsense on the part of any man to think he’s born to help the world; it is simply pride, it is selfishness insinuating itself in the form of virtue. When you have trained your mind and your nerves to realize this idea of the world’s non-dependence on you or on anybody, there […]
A Life That’s Worse Than Death
“Death is better than a vegetating or ignorant life; it is better to die on the battlefield than to live a life of defeat.” — Swāmi Vivekānanda Before the Māhābhārata war begins, Arjuna is shrouded in doubt. He doesn’t want to fight his brothers, cousins, uncles, and relatives in the Kaurava army. He casts aside […]
Gain The Respect of The Strong
“Our first duty is not to hate ourselves; because to advance we must have faith in ourselves first and then in God. He who has no faith in himself can never have faith in God.” — Swami Vivekananda When Gandhiji was young, he would hang out with friends who were irregular with their studies and […]