75th Independence Day Celebration Invite.

 

1. "Each nation has a destiny to fulfill, each nation has a message to deliver, each nation has a mission to accomplish. Therefore, from the very start, we must have to understand the mission of our own race, the destiny it has to fulfill, the place it has to occupy in the march of the nations, the note which it has to contribute to the harmony of races…we must conquer the world through our spirituality and philosophy. There is no other alternative, we must do it or die." - Swami Vivekananda
2. "Truth, purity and unselfishness wherever these are present, there is no power below or above the sun to crush the possessor thereof." - Swami Vivekananda
3. “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 (I.75-76)