Ignore The Unqualified Critic
“If you read the Vedas, you will find this word always repeated – ‘fearlessness’ – fear nothing. Fear is a sign of weakness. A man must go about his duties without taking notice of the sneers and the ridicule of the world.” — Swami Vivekananda How should I overcome my fear of trying something new? […]
The Real Meaning of Criticism
“If your attitude is one of [passive] acceptance, you live in fear of criticism, and when doubt arises, as it must arise, you carefully and sedulously destroy it. Yet it is only through doubt, through criticism, that you can fulfill; and the purpose of life is to fulfill, not to accumulate, not to achieve.” — […]
You Can Do Anything, But Not Everything
“To find your vocation and keep it… is a simple and solid rule of life. We however prefer to give impartial expression to all our gifts, forgetting that the mind is as mortal and as much subject to wear and tear as any perishable thing, forgetting that specialism is one condition of the highest accomplishment, […]
Wisdom Is The Sweetest Fruit
“If you want to be a Bhakta, it is not at all necessary for you to know whether Krishna was born in Mathurā or Vraja, what he was doing, or just the exact date on which he pronounced the teachings of the Gita. You only require to feel the craving for the beautiful lessons of […]
Occupied Or Engaged?
“The world is slowly going on; let it go slowly. Why are you in a hurry? Sleep well and keep your nerves in good order; eat right food and have sympathy with the world.” — Swāmi Vivekānanda, “On Fanaticism, Notes from Lectures and Discourses” We always want to remain “updated” with breaking news. We stare […]
We Only Get What We Deserve
“No one can get anything unless he earns it. This is an eternal law. . . A man may struggle all his life for riches; he may cheat thousands, but he finds at last that he did not deserve to become rich, and his life becomes a trouble and nuisance for him. . . A […]