Sri Aurobindo

Letters of Sri Aurobindo

Volume II - Part 2

Fragment ID: 11560

In all such dealings with others¹, you should see not only your own side of the question but the other side also. There should be no anger, vehement reproach or menace, for these things only raise anger and retort on the other side. I write this because you are trying to rise above yourself and dominate your vital and when one wants to do that, one cannot be too strict with oneself in these things. It is best even to be severe to one’s own mistakes and charitable to the mistakes of others.

¹ In this case the correspondent became angry when his request for help in his work was not promptly met. – Ed.

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