What I say is essential, is about individual morality. Individual morality has the power to save an achiever from wavering from his path.
This is an era of youngsters. It is only the voungsters who have the capacity and skill to lead the presentday society in the proper direction.
There was once a time when elders led the way for us. Some experienced middle-aged persons and some extraordinarily talented women have led us properly.
The time has come for them to move aside and give way to the youngsters. Reason: This era is for the youngsters.
I have been to the United States recently. I saw that the youngsters are not leading a good life. I could understand easily that they are heading toward a dangerous and confused state, as the institution of the family is disintegrating and they are without any control whatsoever.
But I was stunned to see the amount of confidence and belief these youngsters possess. They have the urge and fire in them. They also possess the clarity of mind as to how they have to shape up in the future, and also what are the steps to be taken for achieving those goals.
More than anything else, they possess the necessary belief. It will not be wasted. They also possess lots of confidence that they can do something very useful to themselves, as well as to their country.
As I observed the American youth keenly, immediately the thought about our youngsters came to my mind.
Our voungsters are really ideal in the matter of morality. For the entire world, if you have to search for guides in the field of morality, we could well send our youngsters for the task.
However .....morality alone will not give progress in life. I had the feeling of regret when I thought about the fact that our youngsters do not actually possess that much belief, perseverance and clarity of mind as possessed by the American and European youths.
Our present day youngsters do not possess the same amount of clarity of mind possessed by the youth during our independence struggle.
During each period of time in history, when the voungsters have some good quality, they are lacking in some other good quality.
Ramakrishna Paramahamsa moulded and shaped Vivekananda. In those days, Vivekananda could create thousands of Vivekanandas.