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Leading A Spiritual Life

everything without making any assessment of individual
worth. In that way, your time and energy will be wasted.
And you will not be able to accomplish anything of any
value.
We have to develop that sagacity which differentiates
between trivial matters and real issues. Without this,
you cannot do anything worthwhile for yourself or your
society.

If you board an express train, you will learn that
express trains always ignore small stations, stopping
only at large stations. Do as the express train does, and
you will be able to reach your destination rapidly and
in a frame of mind which will enable you to do much
which is of value both to yourself and society.

The Limitations of Man

Realistic planning has every chance of being successful, while
emotional planning is almost certain to be doomed to failure.

apoleon Bonaparte (1769 – 1821), the erstwhile
NEmperor of France, is famously known to have said:
‘Impossible is a word to be found only in the dictionary
of fools.’ However, Napoleon’s own history refutes the
veracity of this saying. In 1812 Napoleon invaded Russia
with an army of 600,000 men. But, his plan to capture
Russia was unsuccessful, because he could not foresee

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