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\nSPEECH AND PRACTICE<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

It is not enough to
\nknow, you must practise<\/i><\/span>.<\/i> <\/span><\/p>\n

It is not enough to
\npretend, you must be<\/i>. <\/span><\/p>\n


\n\u00a0<\/span><\/i>15 November 1940<\/span><\/i> <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

On the path of Truth, in
\norder to know more you must put into practice what you already know. <\/span><\/p>\n

A little bit of sincere
\npractice is worth much more than a lot of written or spoken words. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>July 1953 <\/span><\/i> <\/span><\/p>\n

A drop of practice is
\nbetter than an ocean of theories, advices and good resolutions. <\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

1968<\/span><\/p>\n

Speak less, act more. <\/span><\/p>\n

Talk little, be true,
\nact sincerely. <\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

To listen is good, but
\nnot sufficient <\/span>―<\/span> you must understand. <\/span><\/p>\n

To understand is better,
\nbut still not sufficient <\/span>―<\/span> you must act. <\/span><\/p>\n


\n\u00a0<\/span><\/i>24 November 1969<\/span><\/i> <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

  <\/span>Page <\/span>
\n―<\/span> 224<\/span><\/p>\n

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\n

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(Message for the inauguration of Sri Aurobindo’s<\/span>
\nAction) <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

To speak well is good.
\nTo act well is better. Never let your actions be below your words. <\/span><\/p>\n


\n\u00a0<\/span><\/i>29 July 1970<\/span><\/i> <\/span><\/i> <\/span><\/p>\n

It is better to state a
\ntruth than to disregard it; but it is much better still to live it than to
\nstate it. <\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

One speaks a great deal
\nabout this teaching but one does not follow it. <\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

eople who do not live what they think are
\nuseless. <\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

It is good to read a
\nDivine Teaching. <\/span><\/p>\n

It is better to learn
\nit. <\/span><\/p>\n

The best is to live it. <\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

A teaching can be
\nprofitable only if it is perfectly sincere, and that means if it is lived at
\nthe moment when it is given. Words often repeated, thoughts often expressed
\ncannot be any longer sincere. <\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/span>Page <\/span>
\n―<\/span> 225<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/p>\n
\n

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All theories, all
\nteachings are, in the last analysis, nothing but ways of seeing and speaking.
\nEven the highest revelations are worth no more than the power of realisation<\/span> that comes with them. <\/span><\/p>\n

To live the Supreme
\nTruth, if only for a minute, is worth more than writing or reading hundreds of
\nbooks on the methods or processes by which to find it. <\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

To realise<\/span>
\na progressive truth, theory must be moulded<\/span> according
\nto the practice and not practice made to suit the theory. <\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/span><\/p>\n

Before acting, know what
\nyou have to do.<\/span> <\/p>\n

 <\/span>Page ―<\/span> 226<\/span><\/p>\n

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