*********************************************************************** Global Hindu Electronic Network (GHEN) Are you a subscriber of Hindu Digest? To subscribe to Hindu Digest send an e-mail to listserv@arizvm1.ccit.arizona.edu with the following contents subscribe hindu-d Full Name [Note: Full Name must be at least 2 words] *********************************************************************** Subject: Quotes *********************************************************************** Namaste, Here is the third part 4) Man the Maker of his Destiny: -------------------------------- I am sure God will pardon a man who will use his reason and cannot believe, rather than a man who believes blindly instead of using the faculties He has given him......WE MUST REASON; and when reason proves to us the truth of these prophets and great man about whom the ancient books speak in every country, we shall believe in them. We shall believe in them when we see such prophets among ourselves. We shall then find that they were not peculiar men, but only illustrations of certain principles. ............................................................................... 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...... The chaste brain has TREMENDOUS energy and GIGANTIC will power ............................................................................... We can overcome the difficulty by CONSTANT PRACTICE. We must learn that nothing can happen to us, unless we make ourselves susceptible to it ............................................................................... `It is the coward and the fool who says," THIS IS FATE "'- so says the sanskrit proverb. But it is the strong man who stands up and says, " I WILL MAKE MY FATE ". It is the people who are getting old who talk of fate. Young men generally do not come to astrology ............................................................................... If you have any queries and suggestions please send an e-mail to singanallur@mbcl.rutgers.edu with love jaishankar