Duty of any kind is not to be slighted. A man who does the lower work is not, for that reason only, a lower man than he who does the higher work; a man should not be judged by the nature of his duties, but by the manner in which he does them.
His manner of doing them and his power to do them are indeed the test of a man.
A shoemaker who can turn out a strong, nice pair of shoes in the shortest possible time is a better man, according to his profession and his work, than a professor who talks nonsense every day of his life.
- Swami Vivekananda,
On Karma-Yoga,
Notes from Lectures and Discourses
His manner of doing them and his power to do them are indeed the test of a man.
A shoemaker who can turn out a strong, nice pair of shoes in the shortest possible time is a better man, according to his profession and his work, than a professor who talks nonsense every day of his life.
- Swami Vivekananda,
On Karma-Yoga,
Notes from Lectures and Discourses
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