THE LAW OF KARMA

No one can blame you if nature has not endowed you with superior intelligence; but to have knowledge and to fail to put forth your best effort is blameworthy.

Even if through misfortune the object aimed at is not attained, the effort pays its own wages.

That is, honest effort is its own reward. This meant that every honest endeavour raises the man a step higher in the course of his evolution. In the measure of the energy put forth, there is improvement in strength of character.

Sustained and courageous effort enables man to see Fate turn its back and flee from the field.

These three couplets lay down that the world may justly blame you for not making the best of your talents and putting forth your utmost effort, that sustained and courageous effort will overcome the course of past karma, and that even if you fail to attain your object, the effort raises your character and takes you forward in the course of soul-evolution.

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