Thursday, October 16, 2008

Conquering Inaction

"Yield not to unmanliness O son of Pritha. There is in this world neither sin nor misery, neither disease nor grief; if there is anything in this world that can be called sin it is this - 'fear'; know that any work which brings out the latent power in thee is Punya (virtue); and that which makes thy body and mind weak is, verily, sin. Shake off this weakness and faint-heartedness! Thou art a hero, a Vira; this is unbecoming of thee"
- Swami Vivekananda expounding on a shloka in the Gita

2 comments:

Winnie the poohi said...

nice quote :)

and something I believe in :)

Kartik Srinivasan said...

:) ... even before reading Dale Carnegie or Norman Vincent Peale, reading Vivekananda inspired and encouraged me in times of crises