A compilation of The Mother's words - reminding India of her special place & mission & showing how she can overcome her perilous situation & fulfil her destiny.
On India
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(A message for the opening of the French Institute in Pondicherry.)
In every country, the best education to be given to children consists in teaching them the true nature of their country, its own qualities and the mission their nation must fulfil in the world, its true place in the world concert. To that must be added a vast understanding of the role of other nations, but without spirit of imitation, and without ever losing sight of the own genius of their country.
France was the generosity of sentiments, the newness and boldness of ideas, and chivalrous action. That France is the one which commands respect and admiration from all; it is through those virtues that she dominated the world.
A utilitarian, calculating, mercantile France is not France any longer. Those things do not conform with her true nature, and by practising them, she loses the nobility of her position in the world.
There is what today's children should come to know.
On Education: Message for the Inauguration of a French Institute at Pondicherry
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