No one can remain even for a moment without activity, but usually actions that lead to complications and misery. Swami Paramananda explains what right action is and how it can solve our problems.
When we can attach the mind to -- or detach it from -- the sense at our will, we shall really possess character. Then alone we shall have taken a long step towards freedom; before that, we are mere machines.
-Swami Vivekananda