We have, as it were, thrown a challenge to the whole world from the most ancient times.
In the West, they are trying to solve the problem how much a man can possess, and we are trying here to solve the problem on how little a man can live.
This struggle and this difference will still go on for some centuries. But if history has any truth in it and if prognostications ever prove true, it must be that those who train themselves to live on the least and control themselves well will in the end gain the battle, and that those who run after enjoyment and luxury, however vigorous they may seem for the moment, will have to die and become annihilated.
- Swami Vivekananda,
Address at Kumbakonam,
Lectures From Colombo to Almora
In the West, they are trying to solve the problem how much a man can possess, and we are trying here to solve the problem on how little a man can live.
This struggle and this difference will still go on for some centuries. But if history has any truth in it and if prognostications ever prove true, it must be that those who train themselves to live on the least and control themselves well will in the end gain the battle, and that those who run after enjoyment and luxury, however vigorous they may seem for the moment, will have to die and become annihilated.
- Swami Vivekananda,
Address at Kumbakonam,
Lectures From Colombo to Almora
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