THEY MUST BE KNOCKED ON THE HEAD; THE MORE YOU GO OUT AND TRAVEL AMONG THE NATIONS OF THE WORLD, THE BETTER FOR YOU AND FOR YOUR COUNTRY.

That we did not go out to compare things with other nations, did not mark the workings that have bee...n all around us, has been the one great cause of this degradation of the Indian mind. We have paid the penalty; let us do it no more. All such foolish ideas that Indians must not go out of India are childish. They must be knocked on the head; the more you go out and travel among the nations of the world, the better for you and for your country. If you had done that for hundreds of years past, you would not be here today at the feet of every nation that wants to rule India.


- Swami Vivekananda
The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda/Volume 3/Lectures from Colombo to Almora/The Work before us