Growth consists in the quality of absorbing knowledge whenever and wherever it emerges and expressing its effects thereafter. In this twin process of absorption and expression lie the worth and essence of human life.
Watch your thoughts faithfully. Be equally attentive to your speech and behaviour to see whether the knowledge gained has been integrated well. Integrate what you read and hear, with the mind. Integrate the mind with your deeds. Integration thus is the sole word of growth and evolution. Be an integrated person.
-- Swami Bhoomananda Tirtha