Risale on the Fruit

The capital of life is very little and the work to be done is much. There are spheres like concentric circles for every person, from the sphere of their heart and stomach; the sphere of their body and home; the sphere of their suburb and town; the sphere of their country and nation; the sphere of the globe and humanity; up to the sphere of animate beings and the world, there are spheres one within the other. Each person may have duties in each of those spheres. But the greatest and the most important and permanent duty lies in the smallest sphere; while the least important and temporary duties may occasionally be found in the largest sphere. Using this analogy, the largest and smallest spheres are in inverse proportion to the pertaining duties.