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\nProgress and Perfection <\/font><\/span><\/i><\/b> <\/span> <\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

PROGRESS<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Progress is the sign of the divine
\ninfluence in creation. \u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Progress: the reason why we are on
\nearth.  <\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>The purpose of earthly life is
\nprogress. If you stop progressing you will die. Every moment that you spend
\nwithout progressing is one step closer to your grave. <\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>From the moment you are satisfied
\nand aspire no longer, you begin to die. Life is movement, life is effort; it is
\nmarching forward, climbing towards future revelations and realisations. Nothing
\nis more dangerous than wanting to rest. <\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>One has always something to learn
\nand a progress to make, and in each circumstance we can find the occasion of
\nlearning the lesson and making the progress. <\/span><\/p>\n

11 September 1934<\/span><\/i> <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Progress: to be ready, at every
\nminute, to give up all one is and all one has in order to advance on the way. <\/span><\/p>\n

29 June 1950<\/span><\/i>   <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\n
\nPage – 82<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

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\n

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\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>There is no end to progress and
\nevery day one can learn to do better what one does. <\/span><\/p>\n

26 April 1954<\/span><\/i> <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Do not think of what you have been,
\nthink only of what you want to be and you are sure to progress. <\/span><\/p>\n

1 June 1954<\/span><\/i> <\/span><\/i> <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Do not look behind, look always in
\nfront, at what you want to do − and you are sure of progressing. <\/span><\/p>\n

2 June 1954<\/span><\/i> <\/span><\/i> <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Let us keep flaming in our heart the
\nfire of progress. <\/span><\/p>\n

21 June 1954<\/span><\/i> <\/span><\/i> <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>What cannot be done today will
\nsurely be done later on. No effort for progress has ever been made in vain. <\/span><\/p>\n

25 June 1954<\/span><\/i> <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Let us progress ourselves, it is the
\nbest way of making others progress. <\/span><\/p>\n

23 July 1954<\/span><\/i> <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Stagnation means decomposition. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>No enterprise can flourish unless it
\nis progressive. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Go always forward towards a growing
\nperfection. <\/span><\/p>\n


\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/i>21 February 1957<\/span><\/i> <\/span><\/p>\n

\n
\nPage – 83<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

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\n

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\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>No institution can live unless it is
\nprogressive. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>The true progress is to come always
\ncloser to the Divine. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Each year that passes must be marked
\nby a new progress towards perfection. <\/span><\/p>\n


\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/i>21 February 1957<\/span><\/i> <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Whatever is new will always meet an opposition
\nfrom conservative people. If we yield to this opposition, the world will never
\nadvance one step. <\/span><\/p>\n

7 November 1961<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>The world progresses so rapidly that
\nwe must be ready at any moment to overpass what we know in order to know
\nbetter. <\/span><\/p>\n


\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/i>3 March 1963<\/span><\/i> <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>In the constant march forward of the
\nuniverse, whatever has been accomplished is nothing but the first step towards
\na greater realization. <\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Each year that passes should be −
\nand is necessarily − a new conquest. <\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Everybody and everything can always
\nprogress and I am always working in view of a possible improvement, knowing
\nthat the greatest difficulty brings always the greatest victory and I trust
\nthat you are with me for that. <\/span><\/p>\n

\n
\nPage – 84<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

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PERFECTION<\/a><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Mixing will not make you perfect −
\nperfection must come from within. <\/span><\/p>\n

1 March 1936<\/span><\/i> <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Perfection is not a maximum or an
\nextreme. It is an equilibrium and a harmonisation. <\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Perfection is not a summit, it is
\nnot an extreme. There is no extreme: whatsoever you do, there is always the
\npossibility of something better and exactly this possibility of something
\nbetter is the very meaning of progress. <\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Perfection is eternal; it is only
\nthe resistance of the world that makes it progressive. <\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>It may be said that perfection is
\nattained, though it remains progressive, when the receptivity from below is
\nequal to the force from above which wants to manifest. <\/span><\/p>\n

3 January 1951<\/span><\/i> <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>You cannot expect anybody to be
\nperfect unless you are perfect yourself. And to be perfect means to be exactly
\nas the Lord wants you to be. <\/span><\/p>\n

3 June 1958<\/span><\/i> <\/span><\/i> <\/span><\/p>\n

\n
\nPage – 85<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

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\n

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\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Perfection is all that we want to
\nbecome in our highest aspiration. <\/span><\/p>\n

9 October 1966<\/span><\/i> <\/span><\/i> <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Thirst for perfection: constant and
\nmultiple aspiration. <\/span> <\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

SUCCESS<\/a><\/span><\/b> <\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Never forget the goal. Never stop
\naspiring. Never halt in your progress, and you are sure to succeed. <\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Power of success: the power of those
\nwho know how to continue their effort. <\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>It is not enough to try, you must
\nsucceed. <\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>One must never try for the sake of
\nsucceeding. <\/span><\/p>\n

7 April 1952<\/span><\/i> <\/span><\/i> <\/span><\/p>\n

(Someone suggested that the popularity of
\nan Ashram journal would increase if its readers were asked for their reactions
\nand expectations. When the matter was referred to the Mother, she wrote:) <\/span><\/i> <\/span><\/p>\n

\n
\nPage – 86<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

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\n

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Let us become as
\nvulgar as we can and success is sure to come. <\/span><\/p>\n

16 January 1955<\/span><\/i> <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>All that is done with the purpose of
\npleasing the public and obtaining success is vulgar and leads to falsehood. I
\nenclose a deeper view of the subject.\u00b9 <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Blessings. <\/span><\/p>\n

18 January 1965<\/span><\/i> <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Whatever circumstance is given to
\nyou, make the best use of it in line with the Truth; to take advantage of it is
\nquite different. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>All success depends upon the measure
\nof your truth. <\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Success depends entirely on the
\nsincerity. <\/span><\/p>\n

27 June 1972<\/span><\/i> <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Success in supramental works: the
\nresult of patient labour and a perfect consecration. <\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Spiritual success is the conscious
\nunion with the Divine. <\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00b9 For those who are eager to get rid of falsehood,
\nhere is a way: <\/font> <\/span><\/p>\n

Do not try to please yourself, do not try either to
\nplease others. Try only to please the Lord. <\/font> <\/span><\/p>\n

Because He alone is the Truth. Each and every one of
\nus, human beings in our physical body, is a coat of falsehood put on the Lord
\nand hiding Him. <\/font> <\/span><\/p>\n

As He alone is true to Himself, it is on Him that we
\nmust concentrate and not on the coats of falsehood.<\/font><\/span> <\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

\n
\nPage – 87<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

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\n

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\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Success is a harder ordeal to pass
\nthrough than misfortune. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>It is in the hour of success that
\none must be especially vigilant to rise above oneself. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>As soon as you think that you have
\nsucceeded in a certain thing, the adverse forces make it a point to attack and
\nspoil it. Moreover, when you think of success, you relax your aspiration and
\nthe slightest relaxation is sufficient to spoil the game. The best thing is not
\nto think of it but to go on doing your duty. But sometimes when you go on
\nthinking of your short-comings and failures and you get depressed, then you
\nhave to put the success before your nose and say, \u201cLook at this.\u201d \u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

VICTORY<\/a><\/span><\/b> <\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>We have come not for Peace but for
\nVictory, because in a world governed by the hostile forces Victory must come
\nbefore Peace. <\/span><\/p>\n

February 1930 <\/span><\/i> <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Two things you must never forget:
\nSri Aurobindo\u2019s compassion and the Mother\u2019s love, and it is with these two
\nthings that you will go on fighting steadily, patiently, until the enemies are
\ndefinitively routed and the Victory is won for ever. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Courage outside, peace inside and a
\nquiet unshakable trust in the Divine\u2019s Grace. <\/span><\/p>\n

19 May 1933<\/span><\/i> <\/span><\/p>\n

\n
\nPage – 88<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

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\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>In front of the repeated attacks
\nfrom the enemy you must keep your faith intact and endure till the Victory is
\nwon. <\/span><\/p>\n

2 February 1942<\/span><\/i> <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>The ultimate victory of the Divine
\nis certain beyond all doubt. <\/span><\/p>\n

6 April 1942<\/span><\/i> <\/span><\/i> <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>The Victory is certain and with this
\ncertitude we can face patiently any amount of wrong suggestions and hostile
\nattacks. <\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>The certitude of the Victory gives
\nan infinite patience with the maximum of energy. <\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Let us have a sincere aspiration
\nunited to a constant goodwill and the victory is certain. <\/span><\/p>\n

19 May 1954<\/span><\/i> <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>The victory of yesterday must be
\nonly one step towards tomorrow\u2019s victory. <\/span><\/p>\n

7 September 1954<\/span><\/i> <\/span><\/i> <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>In the sincerity of our trust lies
\nthe certitude of our victory. <\/span><\/p>\n

3 October 1954<\/span><\/i> <\/span><\/p>\n

\n
\nPage – 89<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

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\n

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     There is nothing which is not ultimately an instrument leading to the
\nintegral victory of the Divine. <\/span><\/p>\n

July 1956<\/span><\/i>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Sweet Mother, <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

You have written: <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

\u201cThe ideal child is courageous. He always
\ngoes on fighting for the final victory, though he may meet with many defeats.\u201d <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

What does \u201cthe final
\nvictory\u201d mean? What is victory and what is defeat? What do they represent in
\nour sports ? <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

I was not
\nreferring to victory in games, but to the victory of the consciousness over
\nignorance and stupidity. <\/span><\/p>\n

19 March 1970<\/span><\/i> <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Victory will triumph over all
\nobstacles. <\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n

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