97. AN IDLE THOUGHT

```

An idle desire awakens

The ignorance-prince in me.

An idle thought destroys

My heart’s inner beauty-world

And

My life’s outer duty-world. ```

From:Sri Chinmoy,Ten Thousand Flower-Flames, Part 1, Agni Press, New York, 1979
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