Sunday, September 11, 2011

THIS LIFE IS SHORT, THE VANITIES OF THE WORLD ARE TRANSIENT

My noble Prince, this life is short, the vanities of the world are transient, but they alone live who live for others, the rest are more dead than alive. One such high, noble-minded, and royal son of India as your Highness can do much towards raising India on her feet again and thus leave a name to posterity which shall be worshipped.

That the Lord may make your noble heart feel intensely for the suffering millions of India, sunk in ignorance, is the prayer of —

- Swami Vivekananda
The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda/Volume 4/Writings: Prose/Our Duty to the Masses
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