"Many of us get many messages in..." - Quote by Swami Vivekananda
Many of us get many messages in our lives, or think we get them. As long as the message is regarding our own selves, go on doing what you please. But when it is in regard to our contact with and behavior to others, think a hundred times before you act upon it-and then you will be safe.
More by Swami Vivekananda
“In art, interest must be centred on the principal theme.”
“Learning and wisdom are superfluities, the surface glitter merely, but it is the heart that is the seat of all power.”
“When we free ourselves from name and form, especially from a body - when we need no body, good or bad - then only do we escape from bondage.”
More on Decision Making
“One of the biggest lessons I've learned recently is that when you don't know what to do, you should do nothing until you figure out what to do because a lot of times you feel like you are pressed against the wall, and you've got to make a decision. You never have to do anything. Don't know what to do? Do nothing.”
“Put your foot upon the neck of the fear of criticism by reaching a decision not to worry about what other people think, do, or say.”
“When you come to a fork in the road, take it.”
More on Ethics
“Giving material goods is one form of generosity, but one can extend an attitude of generosity into all one's behavior. Being kind, attentive, and honest in dealing with others, offering praise where it is due, giving comfort and advice where they are needed, and simply sharing one's time with someone - all these are forms of generosity, and they do not require any particular level of material wealth.”
“The greatness of a nation can be judged by the way its animals are treated.”
“I should wish to die if a man who is impure should parade his purity in front of me.”