IT ALL DEPENDS UPON THE ZEAL AND THE SELF-SACRIFICE BROUGHT TO THE TASK

"What will you propose for the improvement of our masses?"

"We have to give them secular education. We have to follow the plan laid down by our ancestors, that is, to bring all the ideals slowly down among the masses. Raise them slowly up, raise them to equality. Impart even secular knowledge through religion."

"But do you think, Swamiji, it is a task that can be easily accomplished?"

"It will, of course, have gradually to be worked out. But if there are enough self-sacrificing young fellows, who, I hope, will work with me, it can be done tomorrow. It all depends upon the zeal and the self-sacrifice brought to the task."

- Swami Vivekananda
THE ABROAD AND THE PROBLEMS AT HOME
(The Hindu, Madras, February, 1897)