Vivekananda Mailing List-12/11/02

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As the tortoise tucks its feet and head inside the shell, and you may

kill it and break it in pieces, and yet it will not come out, even so

the character of that man who has control over his motives and organs

is unchangeably established. He controls his own inner forces, and

nothing can draw them out against his will. By this continuous reflex

of good thoughts, good impressions moving over the surface of the mind,

the tendency for doing good becomes strong, and as the result we feel

able to control the Indriyas (the sense-organs, the nerve-centres).

Thus alone will character be established, then alone a man gets to

truth. Such a man is safe for ever; he cannot do any evil. You may

place him in any company, there will be no danger for him.