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Swami Shuddhidanandaji

Swami Vivekananda says

Each is responsible for the evil
anywhere in the world. All that
unites with the universal is virtue; all that separates is sin. You are a part of the
Infinite. This is your nature.
The first end of life is knowledge; the second end of life is happiness.
Knowledge and happiness lead to freedom. But not one can attain liberty until
every being (ant or dog) has liberty. Not one can be happy until all are happy.
When you hurt anyone you hurt yourself, for you and your brother are one. He
is indeed a Yogi who sees himself in the whole universe and the whole universe in himself. Self-sacrifice, not self-assertion, is the law of the highest universe. The world is so evil because Jesus' teaching, "Resist not evil", has
never been tried. Selflessness alone will solve the problem. Religion comes
with intense self-sacrifice. Desire nothing for yourself. Do all for others. This is
to live and move and have your being in God.