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you. At that time nobody can give you first aid and no barrister can seeure a stay order for you. All unions end is separations; and life ends in death. When we have to give up all our possessions at the end why should we not do so carlier? It is by thinking thus that saintly men renounce everything.
On account of the expulsion of passions and desires, the soul acquires a tremendous power. Sita could face and resist Ravana only because of her incomparable spiritual integrity. A single woman of pure and noble character is better than thousands of women who lack spiritual integrity and who therefore are like heaps of ash, wasteful and ineffectual.
We should be cautious and wary if we have to ennoble our lives. We know that a single small crack can cause the wreck of a large ship, and a single spark can burn down not only a godown but an entire town. In the same manner, a single flaw in character reduces man from his cosmic stature to that of an ethical pigmy. A single spot destroys the beauty of the colourful dress. In the same manner, a single derogation in our character destroys our honour and prestige. Life becomes glorious by means of right conduct not by resplendent dress and decorations.
A certain American lady laughed at the dress of Vivekananda. Vivekananda said to her, "Sister, in
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