﻿﻿Go on doing good, thinking holy thoughts continuously, that is the only way to suppress base impressions... Character is repeated habits and repeated habits alone can reform character.

There is a little bubble coming from the bottom of a lake; we do not see it coming all the time, we see it only when it bursts on the surface; so, we can perceive thoughts only after they develop a great deal, or after they become actions.We constantly complain that we have no control over our actions, over our thoughts. But how can we have it? If we can get control over the fine movements, if we can get hold of thought at the root, before it has become thought, before it has become action, then it would be possible for us to control the whole.

Power of Thought

It is his freedom that is percolating through layers of thought and matter, and, in spite of the colourings of name and form, is ever asserting its unshackled existence.It is his deathlessness, his bliss, his peace, his divinity that shines out and makes itself felt in spite of the thickest layers of ignorance. He is the real man, the fearless one, the deathless one, the free.

‘Atman‘ The True Self of Man

This excellent compilation published by Advaita Ashrama, a publication centre of Ramakrishna Math, Belur Math, India, from the works of Swami Vivekananda is not only instructive but also stimulating in the sense that it makes the readers feel, with a compelling sense of urgency, that they ought to be on the road to Personality Development. Full of practical instructions and guidelines, this is a book which can make the readers view themselves in a new light.