Sri Aurobindo

Letters of Sri Aurobindo

CWSA 27

Fragment ID: 7279

Ambition and the Desire for Fame [1]

I cannot deny that along with my urge for acquiring a fine style etc., there is hiding some desire for fame as a good writer which, however, one can reject, at least one can hope to.

Better not force the inspiration. You have some literary gift and can let it grow – but no desire for fame, if you please.

4 October 1933