We are not going to change the whole world, but we can change ourselves and feel free as birds. We can be serene even in the midst of calamities and, by our serenity, make others more tranquil. Serenity is contagious. If we smile at someone, he or she will smile back. And a smile costs nothing. We should plague everyone with joy. If we are to die in a minute, why not die happily, laughing? (136-137)

We can see the same spirit in everybody only when we know we are that spirit, Atman or Self. Only a person who has understood his own Self can see that Self in everybody.

God knows your breaking point. You simply don’t know your own strength.

Just as a little bird cracks open the shell and flies out, we fly out of this shell, the shell of the body. We call that death, but strictly speaking, death is nothing but a change of form.

The dedicated ever enjoy Supreme Peace. Therefore, live only to serve.

If we only look within, we will see he Light as if we were seeing our own image in a mirror. (122)

Never give up; nothing is done overnight. Anyone who achieved anything in life always did it after many failures. Don’t give up hope.