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Volume 2 : Lights on the Teachings (2), Lights on the Ancients (2), Lights on the Fundamentals, Flame of White Light, The way of the Light

CWTVKS Volume 2

T. V. Kapali Sastry
T. V. Kapali Sastry

Volume 2 includes multiple books : Lights on the Teachings (2), Lights on the Ancients (2), Lights on the Fundamentals, Flame of White Light, The way of the Light.

Collected Works of T. V. Kapali Sastry CWTVKS Volume 2 Editor:   M. P. Pandit
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The Way of Light




Part 2: Section IV - Literary




1) Style

Force of ideas creates its own language.

22 December 1948


Correct thinking inevitably leads to correct expression.

27 November 1948


Unless there is a settled thought-mould in a man he can really have no style.

9 January 1952


Conviction lends life to one's words or writing.

21 October 1948


Unless there is sincerity behind the writing, it is hound to fall flat whatever the flourish in style.

1 October 1948


It is only those who habitually move in the realm of higher ideas and carry them lightly by virtue of their own stuff that can hand them out in easy style. Otherwise thoughts are expressed in a different style which is a faithful reflection of the author's difficulty in grappling with the ideas. It is like a strong man used to carry heavy weights; he unloads them lightly, without panting, without making loud noise; a weaker man or a person unused to carry such weights comes heaving with breath and drops down the load with a bang—breaking it at times. Of course even the latter can by patient practice develop the art of the former.

22 July 1949


When you write, each line must be addressed to the reader. Each sentence must be an appeal to his mind.

22 July 1949


Creative minds are above all rule of style and diction. Their thought creates its own expression; it is not built up or cultivated.

8 September 1949










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