In plain words
The friendship of the good is not to be found on earth; the wicked, however many, are always to be found. A pretty stone is to be found anywhere on the earth; it is the diamond worth its price that one must know.
That people are of many kinds in their saṃskāras and in their resolves is a truth plain before our eyes. A country means a gathering of human beings. That truth applies to this country too. Though the influence of the earth's conditions and the … of the climate are the same, the nature of the living beings in that Prakṛti. This … is natural to Prakṛti. These differences are no ornament, nor are they faults. But we do not see changes of this kind in birds, beasts and animals. The reason is that those birds, beasts and animals lack the power of thought. The mind of man, who has this power of thought, keeps wavering in many ways. However much he may have studied, however many offices he may have held, however clever he may be, what man wants is two things; … man keeps hoping to become great and to be good. But … no man hopes, 'I must live as some petty person.' No man wants, 'I must live as a bad man.' Then what is the difference between the great man and the good man? The great man, so called, takes only a physical life as his support. He becomes attractive. The good man strives as he should to nourish the good …. He makes the right effort to guard it.
So first of all we must recognise the difference between the good man and the great man. The great man enjoys riches and comforts in some ways. That is, he enjoys … pleasures. The good man enjoys divine Ānanda. The nature of the great man is bound up with rajoguṇa. The quality of the good man takes shape from pure sattva. So to develop the sāttvic nature is itself the mark of the good. A humanity joined to attachment and hatred, living by Ahaṅkāra and show, takes shape merely as the great. The good man tries to live his life with the principle of Satya and with Ānanda. Dharma keeps lending its help to this very goodness. Dharma is like a mirror. It brings our duty to mind. It reflects our conduct in the mirror called … Dharma.