In plain words
Service is the lovely flower of Prema
Service is the lovely flower of Prema. The quality of doing no harm is the fragrance of that flower. If you practise small kind acts and courtesies until they become habits, they give great grace and charm to your nature. The highest happiness is contentment. Where there is no harshness and there is purity, good character waits there. Where there is greed, vices wait there. The urge to stand apart like a lone bull must be wholly destroyed. Such a thought must not appear even in a dream. Vidyā teaches, “First reform yourself.” Vidyā commands, “Then set others right.” ‘Selfless service offered to God’ removes delusion. Devotion to the nation, Prema for the nation: these are many times less than Prema for all mankind. That is, to have Prema for all human beings is true Bhakti.