Sri Aurobindo

Letters of Sri Aurobindo

Volume 1. 1933

Letter ID: 1094

Sri Aurobindo — Nirodbaran Talukdar

April 2, 1933

I feel a great longing to express myself in literature but sometimes it gets mixed with a desire to be a great writer. But on the other hand my language is poor, style immature and thoughts meagre.

There should be no “desire” to be a “great” writer. If there is a genuine inspiration or coming of a power to write, then it can be done but to use it as a means of service to the Divine is the proper spirit.