Thursday, September 8, 2011

THE FIRST GREAT THING TO ACCOMPLISH IS TO ESTABLISH A CHARACTER



The first great thing to accomplish is to establish a character, to obtain, as we say, the प्रतिष्ठिता प्रज्ञा (established Wisdom). This applies equally to individuals and to organised bodies of individuals. Do not fret because the world looks with suspicion at every new attempt, even though it be in the path of spirituality. The ...poor world, how often has it been cheated! The more the संसार that is, the worldly aspect of life, looks at any growing movement with eyes of suspicion, or, even better still, presents to it a semi-hostile front, so much the better is it for the movement.

- Swami Vivekananda
The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda/Volume 4/Writings: Prose/On Professor Max Müller

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