Character is Fate Character is inborn and predetermined. It varies from person to person, thereby giving us our distinct identities. We do not have any knowledge beforehand about our character. We get to know it only as we progress in life. It is also possible that we will never fully or properly understand character even in an entire lifetime. Just as we know of our fate only when we experience it,...

Life is Action, not Contemplation Life is meant for such activities as will help sustain it, more than for indulging in thoughts and planning about how to do them. Ideas, however well-thought-of and noble they may be, are useless until they are translated into actions beneficial to society. Thinking and planning are useful only if they lead to practicable ideas. Nowadays, we come across several self-proclaimed thinkers and intellectuals, who, despite...

Work is Worship The earth supports us, but not to the extent that we may live without working. It has enough natural wealth, but not in readily usable forms. It is our efforts that convert Nature’s gifts into materials that fulfil our needs. Just as our needs are varied, so are the ways in which we have to work to fulfil them. No work can, therefore, be ignored or considered inferior,...