Passage 4

In English

To ensure that one's actions are good, one has to cultivate good company. Association with the good influences the intellect in the right direction. Your company shows what you are. It is, therefore, necessary to cultivate the company of good people and foster good qualities. In this world, who is a true preceptor? One's heart is the true preceptor. Time is a true teacher. The world is the best guide-book. God is the ideal friend. Hence, there is no need to search for a preceptor. The heart is your conscience. When you consult your heart or conscience, it tells you what is right. It is the right preceptor. It will nor let you go astray. Then you have Time. It is going in the right direction. In any circumstance you cannot go against Time. Teachers are of two kinds: the painful and the illuminating. Time belongs to the type of teacher who illumines. Time is the devourer of all things in due course. But the Lord, , is master over Time itself. Therefore, one should act according to the needs of the Time, with full faith in the Lord. This is the proper way to act.