We are responsible for what we are, and whatever we wish ourselves to be, we have the power to make ourselves. If what we are now has been the result of our own past actions, it certainly follows that whatever we wish to be in future can be produced by our present actions; so we have to know how to act.
The role of religion is to make one righteous and loving. Politics means caring for people and their welfare. When religion and politics don’t coexist then you have corrupt politicians and pseudo-religious leaders.
If one speaks or acts with pure mind, because of that happiness follows one, even as one’s shadow that never leaves.
I exhort you also to take part in the great combat, which is the combat of life, and greater than every other earthly conflict.
