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happily accept them as challenges to your ability and
stability. 5. Accept any useful person and honour him inspite of his
oddities. 6. Do not expect or search for absolutely perfect people as
extremists do. 7. Do not lament over man deeming him an effigy of weak
nesses. But try to reform him. 8. You should not be grieved by the cruel conflicts that
always arise and remain with you in your life. 9. Make your external and internal life plain and simple.
Keep away all affectations. 10. Maintain a proper balance of words and thoughts in
giving expression to anything. Let there be no sarcasm or
aggressiveness in your expression. 11. Keep yourselves away from noises and uproars but main
tain direct and personal contacts with society. Though you may like solitude think of solving the pro
blems of society. 13. Your aspirations should not be selfish; they should be
prompted by lofty objectives. Transform selfishness into
the supreme good. 14. When the problems of other people are brought before
you, forget your problems. 15. Strengthening yourself, create for yourself an independent
atmosphere. 16. Do not feel tired after working much; always keep your
self gay, fresh and enthusiastic like youngsters. 17. Always live in close intimacy with nature; experience
minutely every aspect of the beauty that pervades nature. The sunrise is not a mere pageant of colour but a moment of supreme spiritual consecration.
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