- Butter
Butter is hidden in milk.
But milk if thrown into water, gets lost, with the butter.
Butter itself won't get lost in water.
Churn that butter of devotion in your heart and God will steal it from you - you won't even have to offer it to Him.
- Reincarnation
Our present incarnation is meant not only for paying off the debt we owe on account of past Karma, but also to evolve into Godhead.
The former is negative causation and the latter the positive approach where the exercise of freewill is vital.
- Life
Life is an art.
Spiritual life or Sadhana is still greater art.
Every stroke of the brush matters very much - we should carefully plan it and do every action after great thought.
Thought, word and deed must be delicate and purposeful.
- Vanity
St. Francis of Assisi visited a town in which a very rich man lived.
This man wanted St. Francis' blessing, and knowing that the Saint was a humble man he threw off his costly robes and donned poor garments so that he should appear poor and humble.
He stood in front of St. Francis and asked for His blessing.
St. Francis looked at him and then said: "Your vanity shows through the holes in your robe".
Humility comes from the heart, not be creating an outward facade.
Particles are always attracted to a magnet but the attraction is stronger when the particles are clean.
- Ignorance
Life is an opportunity, but ignorance converts it into a burden.
God created a lot of work for Man to do; but ignorance transforms it into hardship.
Man has his duty to his fellowmen, but ignorance makes it a mill-stone around his neck, weighing him down with cares and anxieties.
Wealth and wisdom, God entrusted to Man to serve his neighbour, but ignorance bound him with them in the fatal ties of possessiveness.