Sri Aurobindo

Letters of Sri Aurobindo

Volume II - Part 2

Fragment ID: 11551

That is quite necessary for work; efficiency and discipline are indispensable. They can however only partly be maintained by outward means – it really depends, in ordinary life, on the personality of the superior, his influence on the subordinates, his firmness, tact, kindness in dealing with them. But the sadhak depends on a deeper force, that of his inner consciousness and the Force working through him.