Many of us do not believe in any form of idolatry; but they have no right to object when others do it.
Swami VivekanandaWith the attraction for lust and lucre working the other way, how many long for the realisation of God?
Swami VivekanandaChrist said, "Resist not evil", and we do not understand it until we discover that it is not only moral but actually the best policy, for anger is loss of energy to the man who displays it. You should not allow your minds to come into those brain-combinations of anger and hatred.
Swami VivekanandaWas there ever a sillier thing before in the world than what I saw in Malabar country? The poor Pariah is not allowed to pass through the same street as the high-caste man, but if he changes his name to a hodge-podge English name, it is all right; or to a Mohammedan name, it is all right.
Swami Vivekananda