We are always standing up to set right other people, and not
ourselves. If we are miserable, we say, "Oh, the world is a devil's
world." We curse others and say, "What infatuated fools!"
But
why should we be in such a world, if we really are so good? If this is a
devil's world, we must be devils also; why else should we be here? "Oh, the
people of the world are so selfish!" True enough; but why should we be
found in that company, if we be better? Just think of that.
We only get what we deserve. It is a lie when we say, the
world is bad and we are good. It can never be so. It is a terrible lie we tell
ourselves.
- Swami Vivekananda, Talk in Los Angeles
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