"It is much easier to refrain from error - in speech or in activity - than to seek forgiveness for ..."

It is much easier to refrain from error - in speech or in activity - than to seek forgiveness for the word quickly spoken.

Edgar Cayce Reading 1669-1

Vivekananda's Quote from Thousand Island Park retreat

Bless others when they revile you. Think how much good they are doing you; they can only hurt themselves. Go where people hate you, let them thrash the ego out of you, and you will get nearer to God.

Swami Vivekananda at a retreat given at the Thousand Island Park, USA. June 25, 1895. Complete Works, 7.15.