Liberalism tries to make us unselfish. But we do not want to be unselfish -- we see no immediate gain in unselfishness; we gain more by being selfish.
We accept liberalism as long as we are poor, have nothing.
The moment we acquire money and power, we turn very conservative.
The poor man is a democrat. When he becomes rich, he becomes an aristocrat. In religion, too, human nature acts in the same way.
- Swami Vivekananda,
‘Is Vedanta the Future Religion’,
Talk at San Francisco
We accept liberalism as long as we are poor, have nothing.
The moment we acquire money and power, we turn very conservative.
The poor man is a democrat. When he becomes rich, he becomes an aristocrat. In religion, too, human nature acts in the same way.
- Swami Vivekananda,
‘Is Vedanta the Future Religion’,
Talk at San Francisco
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