Book Title: Mahavir Kaheta Hava
Author(s): Vadilal Motilal Shah
Publisher: Shakrabhai Motilal Shah

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________________ નિત્યેનાં સૂત્રો We thinkers must first establish the relish of all things, and, if necessary, decree it. Practical people would even undervalue their parctical life if we were to slight it. In order to make a thing stay, it must be burned into memory. Life I regard as instinct for growth, for continuance, for accumulation of forces, for power; Where the will to power is wanting there is decline. Hang up no more withered wreaths in the Sanctuary of Life. Life is whatever must surpass itself. Life is so hard to bear? Do not pretend to be so frail. Spirit is that life which cutteth itself into life. To vulgar natures all noble and generous sentiments appear extravagant, fanciful, absurd, unreasonable. Marriage : this I call the will of two to create that one which is more than they who created it. Not to be able to take seriously for a long time an enemy, or a misfortune, or even one's own misdeeds--is the characteri stic of strong and full natures. Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat www.umaragyanbhandar.com

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