Saturday, April 03, 2010

If in this hell of a world...

If in this hell of a world one can bring a little joy and peace even for a day into the heart of a single person, that much alone is true. This I have learnt after suffering all my life. All else is mere moonshine.

Swami Vivekananda in a Letter to Swami Brahmananda. Written in Bengali from Benares on February 18, 1902. Complete Works, 5.177.

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