I once read a story about
some ships that were caught in cyclone in the South Sea Islands, and there was
a picture of the in the Illustrated London News. All of them were wrecked
except one English vessel, which weathered the storm. The picture showed the men
who were going to be drowned, standing on the decks and cheering the people who
were sailing through the storm. Be brave and generous like that.
Whenever darkness comes,
assert the reality and everything adverse must vanish. For, after all, it is
but a dream. Mountain high though the difficulties appear, terrible and gloomy
though all things seem, they are but delusions. Fear not it is banished. Crush
it, and it vanishes. Stamp upon it, and it dies. Be not afraid. Think not how
many times you fail. Never mind. Time is infinite. Go forward; assert yourself
again and again, and light must come. You may pray to everyone that was ever
born, but who will come to help you? And what of the way of death from which
none knows escape? Help thyself out by thyself. None else can help thee,
friend. For thou alone art thy greatest enemy, thou alone art thy greatest
friend. Get hold of the self, then. Stand up. Don’t be afraid.
Go on bravely. Do not
expect success in a day or a year. Always hold on to the highest. Be steady.
Avoid jealousy and selfishness. Be obedient and eternally faithful to the cause
of truth, humanity, and you country, and you will move the world. Remember it
is the person, the life, which is the secret of power-nothing else……Jealousy is
the bane of all slaves. It is the bane of our nation. Avoid that always. All
blessings attend you and all success.
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