The pair of opposites do not effect a yogi - neither praise nor insult.
Your greatest strength is love. Your greatest weakness is fear.
What is meditation? When you empty yourself and let the universe come in you.
Every happening is a lesson, a message.
Love is not enough; intelligence is not enough; powerful strength is not enough. You may put everything on one side of the scale, but if you are missing gratitude, you shall lose.
The purpose is to be in gratitude forever. Live with applied consciousness, prosperity will break through the walls, flood you with it. You do prayer when you are in difficulty. Pray when you are not in difficulty! That is the attitude of gratitude.