Become Your Own Master

become your own master

“Fortune is like a flirt, she cares not for him who wants her, but she is at the feet of him who does not care for her. Money comes and showers itself upon one who does not care about it. . . They always come to the Master. . . he who can live in spite of them, whose life does not depend upon the little foolish things of the world.” — Swami Vivekananda

The Key to Personal Growth: Die Every Night, Be Reborn Every Morning

how to fuel personal growth

For most of my life, I’ve been angry. Because I knew I was capable of doing more, but I couldn’t prove it. To myself more than to others. What was slowing my personal growth? Among other things, the baggage of the past. It contains a few items, the dominant ones of which are memories. I’ve […]

How To Build Self-Confidence? Get Better at What You Do

how to build self confidence

“We all place ourselves at various levels, and we are constantly falling from these heights. It is the falls we are ashamed of. Self-esteem is the cause of our shame, of our fall. . . If there is no pedestal on which you’ve put yourself, how can there be any fall?” — J. Krishnamurti

The Deeper Meaning of Philosophy

why study philosophy

“Whatever is done by way of action, speech and thought attracts the doer towards itself. Hence, always engage in actions that are beneficial and usher in well-being.” — Vidur Niti

If You Have More, You Can Do More

do more for others

“Give to the weak, for there all the gift is needed. If the Brahmin is born clever, he can educate himself without help. If the others are not born clever, let them have all the teaching and teachers they want. This is justice and reason as I understand it.” — Swami Vivekananda People often clamor […]

The Root Cause of All Our Problems

cause of problems

“Tears and laughter are near kin. People so often run from one extreme to another. Let the mind be cheerful, but calm. Never let it run into excesses, because every excess will be followed by a reaction.” — Swami Vivekananda “All of humanity’s problems stem from man’s inability to sit quietly in a room alone,” […]

Are You a Talker or a Doer?

less talk more action

“’This is said, and that is said…’‘What do you say, my friend?’‘I say nothing.’ [He quotes] everybody else’s thought; but he thinks nothing. If this is education, what is lunacy? Look at all the men who wrote! … Those modern writers, not two sentences their own. All quotations…” — Swami Vivekananda Albert Einstein once said: […]

Don’t Do Something, Just Stand There

how to be peaceful

“A person who has been going about in the sun feels cool when he reaches the shade. Someone who keeps going from the shade into the sun and then back into the shade is a fool. A wise man stays permanently in the shade.” — Ramana Maharshi Why do some people buy a dog? Because […]

What Will Future You Think of Present You?

for a better future

“The problems which have troubled mankind can only be solved by conquering the kingdom within, not by harnessing the forces of Nature to the service of comfort and luxury, but by mastering the forces of the intellect and the spirit, by vindicating the freedom of man from within as well as without and by conquering […]