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ing activity. Suddenly you see a woman walking in front of you;
she is like most other women, her dress has nothing striking about
it, but her gait is remarkable, supple, rhythmic, elegant, harmoni-
ous. It catches your attention and you are full of wonder. Then, this
body moving along so gracefully reminds you of all the splendours
of ancient Greece and the unparalleled lesson in beauty which its
culture gave to the whole world, and you live an unforgettable mo-
ment — all that just because of a woman who knows how to walk!
The second example is from the other end of the world, from
Japan. You have just arrived in this beautiful country for a long
stay and very soon you find out that unless you have at least a
minimum knowledge of the language, it will be very difficult for
you to get along. So you begin to study Japanese and in order to
become familiar with the language you do not miss a single op-
portunity to hear people talking, you listen to them carefully, you
try to understand what they are saying; and then, beside you, in
a tram where you have just taken your seat, there is a small child
of four or five years with his mother. The child begins to talk in a
clear and pure voice and listening to him you have the remarkable
experience that he knows spontaneously what you have to learn
with so much effort, and that as far as Japanese is concerned he
could be your teacher in spite of his youth.
In this way life becomes full of wonder and gives you a lesson at
each step. Looked at from this angle, it is truly worth living.
CWM 12: 73-76 The Mother

Young and the future
The future belongs to the young. It is a young and new world
which is now under process of development and it is the young
who must create it. But it is also a world of truth, courage, justice,
lofty aspiration and straightforward fulfilment which we seek to
create. For the coward, for the self-seeker, for the talker who goes
forward at the beginning and afterwards leaves his fellows in the

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