The beauty of the garden of life is enhanced if the flower of unity is accompanied by the thorn of diversity. The formula of peaceful living in spite of diversity is to adopt a policy of tolerance in the midst of controversy. If people could only learn to tolerate others’ differences, their very forebearance would become a great enabling factor in collective human development.
Every man is born with an ‘ego’ which is normally dormant. Our safety lies in our allowing it to remain so. But if through ill-considered action it is somehow dealt a blow, it will rear up like a serpent and wreak all kinds of havoc.
This is a world of competition. The secret of success lies solely in hard work and wisdom. It is only those who make every effort to earn excellent qualifications who will ever come to the fore.
When man speaks, he is in a limited domain, but when he is silent, he finds himself in the unlimited vastness of the world. Man’s focus becomes his own self rather than extraneous matters. He eschews superficiality and engages himself with deeper realities.
