“Our duty to others means helping others; doing good to the world. Why should we do good to the world ? Apparently to help the world, but really to help ourselves. Do not stand on a high pedestal and take five cents in your hand and say, Here, my poor man, but be grateful that the poor man is there, so that by making a gift to him, you are able to help yourself. It is not the receiver that is blessed, but it is the giver. Be thankful that you are allowed to exercise your power of benevolence and mercy in the world, and thus become pure and perfect.”

– Swami Vivekananda