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Work & Duty

Plunge in! Do the duty at hand.
Volume 4 · The Great Teachers of the World
Work incessantly, but be not attached to it.
Volume 1 · The Secret of Work
The greatest work is done only when there is no selfish motive to prompt it.
Volume 1 · What is Duty?
Karma without desire of return will destroy the selfishness, which is the root of all bondage.
Volume 8 · Four Paths of Yoga
Do not be anxious, do not be in a hurry. Slow, persistent and silent work does everything.
Volume 6 · CV Sahji: «
We must do our duty for duty's sake; we must work for work's sake without looking for any reward.
Volume 2 · The Hindu way of life
Work on with the intrepidity of a lion but, at the same time with the tenderness of a flower.
Volume 6 · LXXV Shashi
Each nation has a destiny to fulfil, each nation has a message to deliver, each nation has a mission to accomplish.
Volume 3 · The Common Bases of Hinduism
Practice hard; whether you live or die does not matter. You have to plunge in and work, without thinking of the result.
Volume 1 · Pratyahara and Dharana
No great work can be achieved by humbug. It is through love, a passion for truth, and tremendous energy, that all undertakings are accomplished.
Volume 6 · LXXV Shashi
Krishna did everything but without any attachment; he was in the world, but not of it. “Do all work but without attachment; work for work’s sake, never for yourself.
Volume 7 · Saturday, June 29
Wealth, fame, enjoyments are only of a few days. It is better, far better to die on the field of duty, preaching the truth, than to die like a worldly worm. Advance!
Volume 5 · LXVI Nanjunda Rao
Move onward and carry into practice.
Volume 5 · XXI Blessed and Beloved
On and on, work, work, work.
Volume 7 · XXV Brother Shivananda
Perfection can never be attained by work.
Volume 1 · Non-attachment is complete self-abnegation
No foolish talk now, but actual work.
Volume 5 · XXIX G. G.
Work for the idea, not the person.
Volume 5 · XXX Alasinga
No duty is ugly, no duty is impure.
Volume 1 · What is Duty?
This is a place for action, not enjoyment.
Volume 6 · LVI Dear and Beloved
Work, work, work day and night, says the Gita.
Volume 4 · The Great Teachers of the World
The worker’s practical religion consists in doing good works.
Volume 1 · Practical Religion: Breathing and Meditation
Not a work will be lost, no struggle vain.
Volume 4 · Hold on Yet a While, Brave Heart
Take courage and work on. Patience and steady work.
Volume 5 · LIII Alasinga
Learn business, my boy. We will do great things yet!
Volume 5 · XI Alasinga
What is duty for one is not duty for another.
Volume 1 · Each is great in his own place
In the well-being of one's own nation is one's own well-being.
Volume 4 · Modern India
If one has got power, one must manifest it in action.
Volume 6 · LXXI Rakhal
Never will unhappiness or misery come through work done without attachment.
Volume 1 · We help ourselves, not the world
The progress of the world means more enjoyment and more misery too.
Volume 6 · CXII Mary
The main effect of work done for others is to purify ourselves.
Volume 1 · Non-attachment is complete self-abnegation