ABOVE ALL, BE STRONG, BE MANLY

He { Swami Vivekananda } went so far in his aversion to passivity, whose secular yoke weighs so heavily on the patient bovine brow of the East, as to say,

" Above all, be strong, be manly! I have a respect even for one who is wicked, so long as he manly and strong; for his strength will make him some day give up his wickedness, or even give up all work for selfish ends, and will then eventually bring him into the Truth "

- Romain Rolland on Swami Vivekananda
{ The life of Vivekananda and The Universal Gospel }