Thoughts and Aphorisms -76, 77 ,78 with The Mother's commentaries

Aphorism - 76 7—Europe prides herself on her practical and scientific organisation and efficiency. I am waiting till her organisation is perfect; then a child shall destroy her.1 When these Aphorisms were published in the Bulletin you said that this one should be omitted. It is a rather mysterious Aphorism, which I would very much like to understand. But I would like to know whether now we should publish it or not? Where did Sri Aurobindo write that? In the Aphorisms. Yes, but he did not write a special book; these texts were collected from here and there. No, no, not at all. Sri Aurobindo had a special notebook in which he wrote the Aphorisms as they came.2 And this one was among the others. (Silence) Aphorism - 77, 78 77—Genius discovers a system; average talent stereotypes it till it is shattered by fresh genius. It is dangerous for an army to be led by veterans; for on the other side God may place Napoleon. 78—When knowledge is fresh in us, then it is invincible; when it is old, it loses its virtue. This is because God moves always forward. https://motherandsriaurobindo.in/The-Mother/books/on-thoughts-and-aphorisms/