Vivekananda Mailing List-10/28/02

[Guest guest]

Work for work's sake. There are some who are really the salt of the

earth in every country and who work for work's sake, who do not care

for name, or fame, or even to go to heaven. They work just because

good will come of it. There are others who do good to the poor and

help mankind from still higher motives, because they believe in doing

good and love good. The motive for name and fame seldom brings

immediate results, as a rule; they come to us when we are old and

have almost done with life. If a man works without any selfish motive

in view, does he not gain anything? Yes, he gains the highest.