Great People and Good People

Great people
Talk.
Good people
Act.


Great people
Have a strong voice.
Good people
Have a true choice.


Great people
Think that they have.
Good people
Know that they are.


Great people
Think that good thoughts
Are experimental.
Good people
Know that good thoughts
Are essential.


Great people
Think
They are fault-free.
Good people
Feel
They are fault-prone.


Great people
Do not remember
Their misdeeds.
Good people
Do not remember
Their good deeds.


Great people
Are at times
Reality-strangers.
Good people
Are always
Reality-embracers.


Great people
Do not want to face
The truth.
Good people
Want to fence
The truth.


Great people
Ignore facts.
Good people
Adore facts.


Great people
Are
Truth-devourers.
Good people
Are
Truth-discoverers.


Great people
Try to lengthen
Their fame.
Good people
Try to strengthen
God's Name.


Great people
Destroy their enemies.
Good people
Pray for their enemies.


Great people
Like to control
The world.
Good people
Love to extol
The world.


Great people
Want to be judged
By their words.
Good people
Want to be judged
By their deeds.


Great people
Export pride.
Good people
Import love.


Great people
Have
Complexity-minds.
Good people
Have
Simplicity-hearts.


Great people
Have no time
To listen.
Good people
Have Eternity
To listen.


Great people
Know
How to praise themselves.
Good people
Know
How to efface themselves.


Great people
Are
Equality-strangers.
Good people
Are
Equality-adorers.


Great people
Take promise
As a dictionary word.
Good people
Take promise
As a fully blossoming heart-tree.


Great people
Do everything
Powerfully.
Good people
Do everything
Gracefully.


Great people
Do not change
Their opinions.
Good people
Value
The world-opinion.


Great people
Keep questioning
The world.
Good people
Keep giving
To the world.


Great people
Are apt
To misuse their power.
Good people
Are apt
To spread their love.


Great people
Want to be nominated.
Good people
Wish to be communicated.


Great people
Are loud drums.
Good people
Are sweet flutes.


Sound-pride attracts
Great people.
Silence-delight attracts
Good people.


Great people
Take years
To build world-trust.
Good people
Live
In world-trust.


~ Sri Chinmoy