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Leading A Spiritual Life

slowly experience intellectual stagnation. However,
if along with work he takes out time for reading and
writing, the process of his intellectual development will
go on unhindered.
On one occasion, Dr. Kalam made the following
point: “India has a message for the world that religion
could be transformed into a mighty spiritual force.” This
is without doubt a realistic statement, because India has
traditionally been a country of high spiritual values. If
India develops in spirituality, it will certainly become a
lighthouse of spirituality for the world.

When Dr. Kalam was president, a reporter began to
interview him by referring to him as ‘Your Excellency’.
The interviewer says that Dr. Kalam cut him short,
“Call me Kalam,” he said. This is the key to Dr. Kalam’s
personality—he was modest to the core. The message he
has left behind for others is: Be modest and you will be
able to attain every kind of high success in life.

Time is a Treasure

You must properly regulate your life in order to use the time
that you have been allotted in the most beneficial manner.

ime is our greatest wealth. All of us have been
Tblessed with the gift of time, but few of us spend it
properly. Someone has rightly said, ‘Money lost can be

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