The Devotion of Life — Page 289
289 wisdom, if corals could think, if corals could write with a pen, then it is possible that some corals would have considered some of their people very foolish and unwise in that they continue to give their lives uselessly. However, in time, their grandchildren or their great grandchildren would have realised how foolish their ancestors had been to deem the sacrifices of their people useless. Their sacrifices were not useless, rather, new countries were being formed because of them and they were being granted a permanent standing. In short, no sacrifice is useless even if it appears to be so in the beginning. Later, its magnificent results certainly begin to appear. In fact, no great change can be brought about without sacrifice. ” The Comparison of with Monetary Sacrifice “When some young men from our Community devote their lives their parents and sometimes their wives say that it would have been so good if instead of devoting their lives they had done some work and had helped the Community with money. As if for them sacrifice is merely donating a little amount of money. The fact is that money is for all kinds of arrangements and travelling expenses and for publication of literature. As far as the resources of work are concerned, one can make do without money, and can travel the world on foot. If one wished to go to England, one would go by road up to France; to get to England from France one can cross a channel that is about twenty miles long. If one even went on a ship it would cost a few rupees that