The Great secret of life

One of the greatest lessons I have learnt in my life is to pay as much attention to the means of work as to its end. I have been always learning great lessons from that one principle and it appears to me that all the secret of success is there; to pay as much attention to means as to the end.

But whenever failure comes, if we analyse it critically, in ninety percent of cases we shall find that it was because we did not pay shall find the that it was because we did not pay attention to the means. Proper attention to the finishing, strengthening, of the means is what we need. With the means all right, the end must come. We forget that it is the cause that produces the effect; the effect cannot come by itself; and unless to causes are exact proper, and powerful, the effect will not be produced. Once the ideal is chosen and the means determined, we may almost let go the ideal , because we are sure it will be there , when the means are perfected. When the cause is there , there is no more difficulty about the effect, the effect is bound to come. If we take care of the cause, the effect will take care of itself. The realization of the ideal is the effect. the means are cause: attention to the means, therefore is the great secret of life.