Vivekananda Mailing List-7/22/03

[Guest guest]

Again, the fanatic loses all power of judgment. Personal considerations

are in his case of such absorbing interest that to him it is no

question at all what a man says — whether it is right or wrong; but the

one thing he is always particularly careful to know is who says it. The

same man who is kind, good, honest, and loving to people of his own

opinion, will not hesitate to do the vilest deeds when they are

directed against persons beyond the pale of his own religious

brotherhood.