Go, all of you, wherever there is an outbreak of plague or famine, or wherever the people are in distress, and mitigate their sufferings.
At the most you may die in the attempt -- what of that?
How many like you are being born and dying like worms every day? What difference does that make to the world at large?
Die you must, but have a great ideal to die for, and it is better to die with a great ideal in life.
Preach this ideal from door to door, and you will yourselves be benefited by it at the same time that you are doing good to your country. On you lie the future hopes of our country.
I feel extreme pain to see you leading a life of inaction.
Set yourselves to work -- to work! Do not tarry -- the time of death is approaching day by day! Do not sit idle, thinking that everything will be done in time, later on! Mind -- nothing will be done that way!
- Swami Vivekananda,
Conversations and Dialogues,
recorded by Sharat Chandra Chakravarty
At the most you may die in the attempt -- what of that?
How many like you are being born and dying like worms every day? What difference does that make to the world at large?
Die you must, but have a great ideal to die for, and it is better to die with a great ideal in life.
Preach this ideal from door to door, and you will yourselves be benefited by it at the same time that you are doing good to your country. On you lie the future hopes of our country.
I feel extreme pain to see you leading a life of inaction.
Set yourselves to work -- to work! Do not tarry -- the time of death is approaching day by day! Do not sit idle, thinking that everything will be done in time, later on! Mind -- nothing will be done that way!
- Swami Vivekananda,
Conversations and Dialogues,
recorded by Sharat Chandra Chakravarty
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