Vivekananda Mailing List-10/19/02

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There are certain works which are, as it were, the aggregate, the sum

total, of a large number of smaller works. If we stand near the

seashore and hear the waves dashing against the shingle, we think it

is such a great noise, and yet we know that one wave is really

composed of millions and millions of minute waves. Each one of these

is making a noise, and yet we do not catch it; it is only when they

become the big aggregate that we hear. Similarly, every pulsation of

the heart is work. Certain kinds of work we feel and they become

tangible to us; they are, at the same time, the aggregate of a number

of small works. If you really want to judge of the character of a

man, look not at his great performances. Every fool may become a hero

at one time or another.