God and God-realized Saints desire nothing from us. Their only objective is to help us become the best version of ourselves. Hence, we can completely trust Them, like a baby trusts its mother.

If any desire, once gratified, remained permanently satiated, then fulfilling it would have resulted in happiness. But if the same desire keeps returning again and again, with even greater vigour, then its satiation is a misnomer.

इच्छाशक्ति भी बिल्कुल मांसपेशियों की तरह होती है। जैसे मांसपेशियाँ ज़्यादा उपयोग से थक जाती हैं, वैसे ही इच्छाशक्ति भी थक सकती है। लेकिन जिस तरह व्यायाम से मांसपेशियाँ मज़बूत होती हैं, उसी तरह ध्यान से इच्छाशक्ति भी विकसित की जा सकती है।

Will power is very much like muscles and like muscles it tends to get exhausted with use. However just like the muscles, will power can also be developed through a simple exercise called meditation.

Let us not allow our thoughts to rob us of peace and joy, which are ours to claim through mastery of our mindsets. Rather, let us master our emotions, and then we will discover a million reasons to be happy.

One does not transform from a sinner to a saint overnight, but by making the proper choices, again and again, repeatedly over time.

We must dovetail our fault-finding tendency to see our own shortcomings. Compare it to removing a splinter, which hurts briefly but results in relief afterward.

The art of joyous living lies not in waiting to reach happiness in the future but in adjusting our attitude to discover it here and now.