It Will Not Do To Depend On

Many Of Us, Utterly Overcome By Tamas, The Dark And Heavy Demon Of Inertia, Are Saying Nowadays That It Is Impossible, That India Is Decayed, Bloodless And Lifeless, Too Weak Ever To Recover; That Our Race Is Doomed To Extinction. It Is A Foolish And Idle Saying. No Man Or Nation Need Be Weak Unless He Chooses, No Man Or Nation Need Perish Unless He Deliberately Chooses Extinction.

Vain Indeed Is All Overweening Pride In The Conquest Even Of The Entire Universe If One Has Not Conquered One's Own Passions.

The Consciousness Of The Supreme Purusha Remains Above, But In The Mind There May Be A Purusha Consciousness Which They Call The Cosmic Consciousness - It Is Wide, All-pervading, One. Outside This Goes On The Play Of Prakriti.

An Aimless Life Is Always A Troubled Life. Every Individual Should Have An Aim. But Do Not Forget That The Quality Of Your Aim Will Depend The Quality Of Your Life. Your Aim Should Be High And Wide, Generous And Disinterested; This Will Make Your Life Precious To Yourself And To Others. Whatever Your Ideal, It Cannot Be Perfectly Realized Unless You Have Realized Perfection In Yourself.

Our Human Knowledge Is A Candle Burnt On A Dim Altar To A Sun-vast Truth.