Chapter 38Victory
Book 1. Part One: Letters, Messages and Other Short Written Statements
As soon as you think that you have succeeded in a certain thing, the adverse forces make it a point to attack and spoil it. Moreover, when you think of success, you relax your aspiration and the slightest relaxation is sufficient to spoil the game. The best thing is not to think of it but to go on doing your duty. But sometimes when you go on thinking of your shortcomings and failures and you get depressed, then you have to put the success before your nose and say, “Look at this.”§
* We have come not for Peace but for Victory, because in a world governed by the hostile forces Victory must come before Peace.
February 1930
* Two things you must never forget: Sri Aurobindo’s compassion and the Mother’s love, and it is with these two things that you will go on fighting steadily, patiently, until the enemies are definitively routed and the Victory is won for ever.
Courage outside, peace inside and a quiet unshakable trust in the Divine’s Grace.
19 May 1933
* In front of the repeated attacks from the enemy you must keep your faith intact and endure till the Victory is won.
2 February 1942
* The ultimate victory of the Divine is certain beyond all doubt.
6 April 1942
* The Victory is certain and with this certitude we can face patiently any amount of wrong suggestions and hostile attacks.
* The certitude of the Victory gives an infinite patience with the maximum of energy.
* Let us have a sincere aspiration united to a constant goodwill and the victory is certain.
19 May 1954
* The victory of yesterday must be only one step towards tomorrow’s victory.
7 September 1954
* In the sincerity of our trust lies the certitude of our victory.
3 October 1954
* There is nothing which is not ultimately an instrument leading to the integral victory of the Divine.
July 1956
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Sweet Mother,
You have written: “The ideal child is courageous. He always goes on
fighting for the final victory, though he may meet with many defeats.”
What does “the final victory” mean? What is victory
and what is defeat? What do they represent in our sports?
I was not referring to victory in games, but to the victory of the consciousness over ignorance and stupidity.
19 March 1970
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