There is no doubting the fact that failure in life usually results from the quest for immediate success. The word “short-cut” may be applicable to the world of roads and footpaths, but there are no short-cuts in the struggles of life. This fact frequently evinces itself in untoward ways.
In this world just as ease always follows hardship, so fruitful results come only from arduous, painstaking processes. We should be prepared for a period of hard struggle before we can expect to reap the results we desire.
Our steps should be based on realities and not on wishful thinking or vague suppositions. If we do not pay need to the realities of existence and plan our lives accordingly, we shall have the illusion that we are heading towards a bright future and splendid results, whereas, when the next moment of darkness arrives, we shall discover that, all along, we had been heading towards darkness.
The secret of life is not to stand in a person’s way. If one does not make oneself a target for another’s vengeance but lets everyone continue pursuing his own goal in life, then one is not going to find one’s own path blocked by others.
A negligent attitude permits people to fritter away their time, day after day, with no thought for the future.
It is all very well to be an idealist, but if one eternally seeks the ideal in people, one is bound to be disappointed.
There are few great tasks, which can be accomplished by individuals single-handedly. Only the talents of several individuals combined can achieve any substantial work. But people will only be able to work together if they are patient and tender-hearted in their outlook.
It is a fact of psychology that no single person can be an amalgam of all good qualities. It is no simple matter to label a person wholly good or wholly bad. If there is to be harmony within a community, the bad sides of its members must be tolerated, while their good sides are appreciated. If we want to pluck flowers, we have also to bear the thorns that come with them. There is no way that one who cannot put up with thorns will be able to possess the flowers of this life.
The contented man will not care whether his circumstances are good or bad. Affluence and Penury will be as one to him.
It is temperament that plays the most crucial role in the making of a nation. A character that can be depended upon through thick and thin is what in the long run builds a nation.
