The test of Ahimsa is absence of jealousy.
Swami VivekanandaRead
This be my pilgrimage and goal Daily to march and find The secret phrases of the soul, The evangels of the mind.
Interpretation
The quote reflects a journey of self-discovery and understanding the deeper truths of life.
In this quote, John Drinkwater expresses a personal mission to explore and uncover the hidden meanings and truths that resonate with the human spirit. It emphasizes the importance of ongoing introspection and the pursuit of knowledge, suggesting that each day presents an opportunity to connect with the profound aspects of oneβs inner self and to understand the complexities of the mind.
In practice
During a motivational speech about personal development.
The test of Ahimsa is absence of jealousy.
You think the end justifies the means, however vile. I tell you: the end is the means by which you achieve it. Today's step is tomorrow's life. Great ends cannot be attained by base means. You've proved that in all your social upheavals. The meanness and inhumanity of the means make you mean and inhuman and make the end unattainable.
This crime called blasphemy was invented by priests for the purpose of defending doctrines not able to take care of themselves.
If they [Plato and Aristotle] wrote about politics it was as if to lay down rules for a madhouse. And if they pretended to treat it as something really important it was because they knew that the madmen they were talking to believed themselves to be kings and emperors. They humored these beliefs in order to calm down their madness with as little harm as possible.
The poor of the United States and of the world are your brothers and sisters in Christ. You must never be content to leave them just the crumbs from the feast. You must take of your substance, and not just of your abundance, in order to help them. And you must treat them like guests at your family table.
I never killed anybody, I never raped anybody, I never committed no crimes that weren't honorable.
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