A seed has to get buried in the soil for its real form as a plant to emerge. Only through modesty and humility can we grow. Pride and conceit will only destroy us. Live with the firm attitude, 'I am everyone's servant.' Then the whole universe will bow down to us.

Whatever is associated with the mind is bound to change. The truth is that which is changeless. It is the Self.

People think that God wants our offerings. God does not need anything from us. He is the giver. He is like the sun - the giver of light.

We live in a calculative world and have a calculative mind, and in such a world, ego dominates.

Finding fault in others, just for the sake of finding fault, we will pollute our own minds.

Our hearts are the shrine; that is where God should be installed. Our good thoughts are the flowers to worship Him. Good deeds form the worship, good words form the hymns and love forms the offering.

Isn't it human beings who impart vitality to the image in the temple? If no one sculpts the stone, it doesn't become an image. If no one installs it in the temple, it does not acquire any sanctity. If no worship is done, it does not acquire any power. Without human effort there cannot be any temples. What is wrong then in saying that we should view great masters as equal to God? Temples installed by such spiritual masters have a special energy of their own.