It is not necessary to be rich to be helpful. There are ways in which in
any position one can help. The essence of social service is in the mind. Under each
changed circumstance, a new duty arises and the due fulfilment of it is what should be
attended to. When, therefore, a man loses his material resources, he does not need to
think that his capacity for social cooperation has ceased.
The worst misery that poverty brings
to the large hearted man is the pain of not having resources enough to serve others in the
manner he had been accustomed to. If social cooperation appears to ruin you, it is indeed
worth while to be ruined.
You may sell yourself into slavery if that
would enable you to serve the people around you.There is no price too high to pay for
being of service to society. |