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Always it is the individual who
Always it is the individual who
progresses and compels the rest to
progresses and compels the rest to
progress; the instinct of the collectivity
progress; the instinct of the collectivity
is to stand still in its established order.
is to stand still in its established order.
Progress, growth, realisation of wider being give his
Progress, growth, realisation of wider being give his
greatest sense of happiness to the individual; status,
greatest sense of happiness to the individual; status,
secure ease to the collectivity. And so it must be as
secure ease to the collectivity. And so it must be as
long as the latter is more a physical and economic
long as the latter is more a physical and economic
entity than a self-conscious collective soul.
entity than a self-conscious collective soul.
(Sri Aurobindo, CWSA, 25: 302)
