NEITHER MONEY PAYS, NOW NAME, NOR FAME, NOR LEARNING; IT IS CHARACTER THAT CAN CLEAVE THROUGH ADAMANTINE WALLS OF DIFFICULTIES.
IF YOU REALLY WANT TO JUDGE OF THE CHARACTER OF A MAN, LOOK NOT AT HIS GREAT PERFORMANCES. EVERY FOOL MAY BECOME A HERO AT ONE TIME OR ANOTHER. WATCH A MAN DO HIS MOST COMMON ACTIONS; THOSE ARE INDEED THE THINGS WHICH WILL TELL YOU THE REAL CHARACTER OF A GREAT MAN.
EVERY WORK WHAT WE DO, EVERY MOVEMENT OF THE BODY, EVERY THOUGHT THAT WE THINK, LEAVES AN IMPRESSION ON THE MIND-STUFF, AND EVEN WHEN SUCH IMPRESSIONS ARE NOT OBVIOUS ON THE SURFACE, THEY ARE SUFFICIENTLY STRONG TO WORK BENEATH THE SURFACE, SUBCONSCIOUSLY. WHAT WE ARE EVERY MOMENT IS DETERMINED BY TH SUM TOTAL OF THESE IMPRESSIONS ON THE MIND. THIS IS REALLY WHAT IS MEANT BY CHARACTER; EACH MAN'S CHARACTER IS DETERMINED BY THE SUM TOTAL OF THESE IMPRESSIONS. IF GOOD IMPRESSIONS PREVAIL, THE CHARACTER BECOMES GOOD; IF BAD IT BECOMES BAD.
IF A MAN CONTINUOUSLY HEARS BAD WORDS, THINKS BAD THOUGHTS, DOES BAD ACTIONS, HIS MIND WILL BE FULL OF BAD IMPRESSIONS; AND THEY WILL INFLUENCE HIS THOUGHT AND WORK WITHOUT HIS BEING CONSCIOUS OF THE FACT. HE WILL BE LIKE A MACHINE IN THE HANDS OF HIS IMPRESSIONS, AND THEY WILL FORCE HIM TO DO EVIL, AND THAT MAN WILL FORCE HIM TO DO EVIL, AND THAT MAN WILL BE A BAD MAN;HE CANNOT HELP IT. SIMILARLY, OF A MAN THINKS GOOD THOUGHTS AND DOES GOOD WORKS,THE SUM TOTAL OF THESE IMPRESSIONS WILL BE GOOD, AND THEY, IN A SIMILAR MANNER, WILL FORCE HIM TO DO GOOD, EVEN IN SPITE OF HIMSELF. WHEN SUCH IS THE CASE, A MAN'S GOOD CHARACTER IS SAID TO BE ESTABLISHED.
THE MISERIES OF THE WORLD CANNOT BE CURED BY PHYSICAL HELP ONLY. UNTIL MAN'S CHARACTER CHANGES, THESE PHYSICAL NEEDS WILL ALWAYS ARISE, AND MISERIES WILL ALWAYS BE FELT, AND NO AMOUNT OF PHYSICAL HELP WILL CURE THEM COMPLETELY. THE ONLY SOLUTION OF THIS PROBLEM IS TO MAKE MANKIND PURE. IGNORANCE IS THE MOTHER OF ALL THE EVIL AND ALL THE MISERY WE SEE. LET MEN HAVE LIGHT, LET THEM BE PURE AND SPIRITUALLY STRONG AND EDUCATED, THEN ALONE WILL MISERY CEASE OM THE WORLD, NOT BEFORE, WE MAY CONVERT EVERY HOUSE IN THE COUNTRY INTO A CHARITY ASYLUM, WE MAY FILL THE LAND WITH HOSPITALS, BUT THE MISERY OF MAN WILL STILL CONTINUE TO EXIST UNTIL MAN'S CHARACTER CHANGES.
TRUTH DOES NOT PAY HOMAGE TO ANY SOCIETY, ANCIENT OR MODERN. SOCIETY HAS TO PAY HOMAGE TO TRUTH OR DIE. SOCIETIES SHOULD BE MOLDED UPON TRUTH, AND TRUTH HAS NOT TO ADJUST ITSELF TO SOCIETY...THAT SOCIETY IS THE GREATEST, WHERE THE HIGHEST TRUTHS BECOME PRACTICAL. THAT IS MY OPINION; AND IF SOCIETY IS NOT FIT FOR THE HIGHEST TRUTHS, MAKE IT SO;AND THE SOONER, THE BETTER.
IT IS IN THE NATURE OF THINGS THAT MANY SHOULD FALL, THAT TROUBLES SHOULD COME, THAT TREMENDOUS DIFFICULTIES SHOULD ARISE, THAT SELFISHNESS AND ALL THE OTHER DEVILS IN THE HUMAN HEART SHOULD STRUGGLE HARD,WHEN THEY ARE ABOUT TO BE DRIVEN OUT BY THE FIRE OF SPIRITUALITY. THE ROAD TO THE GOOD IS THE ROUGHEST AND STEEPEST IN THE UNIVERSE. IT IS A WONDER THAT SO MANY SUCCEED; NO WONDER THAT SO MANY FALL. CHARACTER HAS TO BE ESTABLISHED THROUGH A THOUSAND STUMBLES.
THE ONLY REMEDY FOR BAD HABITS IS COUNTER HABITS; ALL THE BAD HABITS THAT HAVE LEFT THEIR IMPRESSIONS ARE TO BE CONTROLLED BY GOOD HABITS, GO ON DOING GOOD, THINKING HOLY THOUGHTS CONTINUOUSLY; THAT IS THE ONLY WAY TO SUPPRESS BASE IMPRESSIONS. NEVER SAY ANY MAN IS HOPELESS, BECAUSE HE ONLY REPRESENTS A CHARACTER, A BUNDLE OF HABITS, WHICH CAN BE CHECKED BY NEW AND BETTER ONES. CHARACTER IS REPEATED HABITS, AND REPEATED HABITS ALONE CAN REFORM CHARACTER.
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