Man is endowed with memory, as well as the faculty to forget. Both these are useful skills. Perhaps the power to forget is even more important, for otherwise, man would have to lament over the loss of millions of parents and kinsmen he had in millions of previous births; man will remember and resent the many insults and injuries he had suffered in this birth. He remembers only those things that have impressed him as significant or crucial, namely, date of marriage, the names of those who owe him money etc. The tragedy is, he has forgotten the most significant and crucial thing about his earthly career - the key to happiness and liberation, his real name and identity! (SSS Vol.5, p. 26)

Whoever the individual, however scholarly, he cannot escape delusion and so he is subjected to grief, which acts as a break upon activity. Arjuna, the great hero, capable of great renunciation and great wisdom, is deluded by the awful needs of war and his grief handicaps his activity too. He confuses the body and the self; he starts identifying the two. He imposes on the real self (the Atma - ever untouched by the characteristics of the moving changing world) the unreal and ephemera! nature of the world and takes the delusion to be as true. This is the tragedy not only of Arjuna alone, but of all humanity! (GV, p. 2)

The greed and selfishness which are affecting this country are tragedies for humanity, for India has the role of guiding and leading mankind to the goal of self-realisation. Youth is growing up in India in the hothouse of faction and passion, not as in the past, in the cool bowers of reverence and humility. Elders indulge in fights, vengeful litigation, corrupt means of earning money and cutthroat competition. Their low behaviour, in the home, the village, in clubs, in the civic bodies, in the legislature, in all walks, sets the standard for youth. (EL, p.169)

As a matter of fact, many in other countries revere the Vedas. Max Mueller made a thorough study of the origin and content of the Vedas and wrote tonnes about them. He studied the Vedas diligently to understand the meanings of the hymns. He devoted a lifetime to these studies. From ‘Max Mueller’ he became known as ‘Mokshamula.’

The tragedy of the present situation in India is that Bharatiyas do not esteem the Vedas as highly as the foreigners. Destitution in India has grown with the decline of respect for the Vedas, which had been the fountain-source of its prosperity. The Brahmins as a class must be held responsible for the decline of the Vedas. If they had cared to protect the Vedas in the proper way, the nation would not have fallen on evil days. At least now, they should open their eyes and try to promote the study of the Vedas on proper lines. (SSS Vol.20, p. 191)

Man is born to be perpetually happy, but is everywhere in misery. This is a tragedy; it is like the washman who died of thirst though he was standing knee-deep in the running stream; or like the man who closed his eyes and stumbled along in the darkness. The source of happiness is in him; the source of light is in his eyes. Real education has to teach man how to tap this spring of joy and light. (NNSG Vol. 5. p.77)