Sunday, July 25, 2010

In search of wealth...

"In search of wealth in this world, you are the only wealth I have found, I sacrifice myself unto you, God. In search of someone to be loved, you are the only beloved I have found, I sacrifice myself unto you, God." Let us repeat this day and night, and say, "Nothing for me, no matter whether the thing is good, bad or indifferent. I do not care for it. I sacrifice all unto God."

Swami Vivekannada : Class on Karma Yoga. New York, January 10, 1896. Complete Works, 1.102.

The more opposition there is, the better...

The more opposition there is, the better. Does a river acquire velocity unless there is resistance? The newer and better a thing is, the more opposition it will meet with at the outset. It is opposition which forestalls success. Where there is no opposition, there is no success either.

Swami Vivekananda, From "Memoirs of European Travel," written in Bengali. Complete Works, 7.372.