"I hear, Western people say, "The world..." - Quote by Swami Vivekananda
I hear, Western people say, "The world was created for us." If tigers could write books, they would say, man was created for them and that man is a most sinful animal, because he does not allow him (the tiger) to catch him easily. The worm that crawls under your feet today is a God to be.
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“As soon as we identify ourselves with the work we do, we feel miserable; but if we do not identify ourselves with it, we do not feel that misery.”
“This world is nothing. It is at best only a hideous caricature, a shadow of the Real. We must go to the Real. Renunciation will take us to It. Renunciation is the very basis of our true life; every moment of goodness and real life that we enjoy is when we do not think of ourselves.”
“All growth, progress, well - being, or degradation is but relative.”
More on Humility
“But lest some unlucky event should happen unfavorable to my reputation, I beg it may be remembered by every gentleman in the room that I this day declare with the utmost sincerity, I do not think myself equal to the command I am honored with.”
“I am an ordinary man who worked hard to develop the talent I was given.”
“Calm and silent and steady work, and no newspaper humbug, no name-making, you must always remember.”
More on Interconnectedness
“A wave is never found alone, but is mingled with as many other waves as there are uneven places in the object where the said wave is produced.”
“When indeed shall we learn that we are all related one to the other, that we are all members of one body?”
“Simply see that you are at the center of the universe, and accept all things and beings as parts of your infinite body. When you perceive that an act done to another is done to yourself, you have understood the great truth.”