The Four Principles

GA 265/the_four_principles/p014 ·1906-06-26 · English HighHigh alignmentThis translation's paragraph count matches the German original — the locus maps cleanly to the same paragraph in DE.
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Form a mental image of the reservoir of strength you are accumulating through the things you keep to yourself. That is why, when you do communicate, it must be a kind of resignation, a sacrifice; because however much a person communicates, he is sawing off the branch on which he is sitting. The mood must be far, far removed from any fanaticism or need to communicate. As long as you have this need, it means a weakening of your reservoir of strength. Anyone who acts as a propagandist agitator misses the whole goal that he sets for himself.

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