All have failed
All my exciting plansHave failed.
All my stimulating ideas
Have failed.
All my elevating ideals
Have failed.
Why?
Why?
Why?
Because I have not done
The first thing first:
I have not loved God.
Sri Chinmoy, AUM — Vol.II-2, No. 6, 27 June 1975, Vishma Press, 1975