Start with the idea that we can finish all experience in this world, in this incarnation.
We must aim to become perfect in this life, this very moment. Success only comes to that life amongst men who wants to do this, this very moment. It is acquired by him who says, "Faith, I wait upon faith come what may".
Therefore, go on knowing you are to finish this very moment. Struggle hard and then if you do not succeed, you are not to blame.
Let the world praise or blame you.
Let all the wealth of the earth come to your feet, or let you be made the poorest on earth.
Let death come this moment or hundreds of years hence. Swerve not from the path you have taken.
All good thoughts are immortal and go to make Buddhas and Christs.
- Swami Vivekananda,
Class Notes taken at Greenacre (Maine),
Summer 1894
We must aim to become perfect in this life, this very moment. Success only comes to that life amongst men who wants to do this, this very moment. It is acquired by him who says, "Faith, I wait upon faith come what may".
Therefore, go on knowing you are to finish this very moment. Struggle hard and then if you do not succeed, you are not to blame.
Let the world praise or blame you.
Let all the wealth of the earth come to your feet, or let you be made the poorest on earth.
Let death come this moment or hundreds of years hence. Swerve not from the path you have taken.
All good thoughts are immortal and go to make Buddhas and Christs.
- Swami Vivekananda,
Class Notes taken at Greenacre (Maine),
Summer 1894
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