Vivekananda Mailing List-5/3/03

[Guest guest]

So the idea of happiness without misery, or of life without death, is

very good for school-boys and children; but the thinker sees that it is

all a contradiction in terms and gives up both. Seek no praise, no

reward, for anything you do. No sooner do we perform a good action than

we begin to desire credit for it. No sooner do we give money to some

charity than we want to see our names blazoned in the papers. Misery

must come as the result of such desires.