For, the community is essential for the individual, for his very survival. Your service will confer on you and on the community wherein you live untold benefits, namely, Divine Grace. Selfless service is an important ingredient in the nine-fold discipline of devotion. You can see, sense, understand and sympathize with others who are akin to you, and so, you have greater reason to render them help and service.
(SSS Vol XII – Chap 49)
