Page 7 - Sri Aurobindo on Humility

HUMAN NATURE HAS ALWAYS BEEN

EGOISTIC IN ITS BASIS AND SO IT BRINGS IN

THE EGO MOTIVE INTO THE WORK FOR THE

DIVINE ALSO.

That can only be overcome slowly, for what is ingrained

in the human vital nature and has been active through

hundreds of lives cannot disappear at once.

To be conscious and to have the steady will to change and

make the inner motive of bhakti and self-giving prevail

over the outer motives is the one thing necessary.

~ Sri Aurobindo, CWSA, 31: 219