Vivekananda Mailing List-1/26/03

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Yet we must do good; the desire to do good is the highest motive power

we have, if we know all the time that it is a privilege to help others.

Do not stand on a high pedestal and take five cents in your hand and

say, " Here, my poor man, " but be grateful that the poor man is there,

so that by making a gift to him you are able to help yourself. It is

not the receiver that is blessed, but it is the giver. Be thankful that

you are allowed to exercise your power of benevolence and mercy in the

world, and thus become pure and perfect. All good acts tend to make us

pure and perfect.