Secrets of Success

 1.Work 

2.Self sacrifice 

3.Self forgetfulness

4.Universal love 

5.Cheerfulness 

6.Fearlessness

7.Self reliance 

Some of the points made by Swami Ram Tirtha in Japan  October 7 , 1902

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