An excerpt from the book from the chapter on ideals:
"What we think, we become. Our growth depends largely on having an ideal and our ability to give form to it or manifest it in daily life. To work for an ideal is to put in the effort of our whole being. To live with an ideal in our heart is to be forever young. The greatest impelling force in life is to have an ideal. It is our ideals that shape our thoughts, words and actions. By choosing an ideal we set the bar high, a standart of certain realization and achievement. The greater our ideal, the greater the transformational power it exerts upon us."
Prem Sadasivananda