The Exemplary Leaders and Today’s Leaders “Vallabhbhai Patel’s daughter used to live with him. She was an exemplary daughter. She used to spin the yarn from which the clothes were made for her father and she used to make a sari for herself out of the old dhotis of her father. The national leaders of those days were ideal leaders. They fought for the freedom of the country. In those days, it used to be said that the white rulers were oppressing the black natives. Alas! Today the black natives are oppressing the black natives. In those days there were men who were prepared to sacrifice their all for the nation. Today we have men who are prepared to sacrifice the nation for their self-interest. What kind of leadership is this? Whither have the ideals fled? What we need is devotion to God, which will fill us with the spirit of sacrifice. Only then can real humanness prevail. Sacrifice is the key to immortality. Today people seek nectar in intoxicating drinks. Is this a mark of culture? No. Sense-control comes first.” – SRI SATHYA SAI February 15, 1995 Prasanthi Nilayam #sathyasai #saibhakta