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When Gandhiji needed resources for the independence of our country, he was supported by people like the Birla and Bajaj families. Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose was unstintingly supported by many of the Indian families resident in Burma. They organised a collection for 'Azad Hind Fauz' by presenting to him his own weight in gold. It is rightly said that when you move forward purposefully, you will always find a path.
Good ideas and worthwhile programmes possess an intrinsic power that attracts support. Christianity, assisted by only a handful of apostles, has now converted a third of humanity. Karl Marx was much persecuted and rejected in his own time, yet his ideas came to hold sway over one half of
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the human race. A good deed is like a drop of oil that imperceptibly spreads out across the surface of an entire tub of water. In the same way, great ideas slowly make an impact throughout creation.
Today we need karyakarttas with focus. We need trained charioteers, capable people who are willing to accept the role of a guide. Working together they will put the 'chariot' of progress on the road to the divine light once again. I wish that:
Only when great souls rise, will there be a golden dawn, The rays will spread everywhere, And there will be a fragrance' of bliss in every direction.
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