Life on earth is, as on the ocean, ever restless, surrounded as it is by waves of joy and grief, loss and gain, by swirling currents of desire and whirlpools of passion, greed and hate. To cross the ocean, the only reliable raft is a heart filled with the Love of God and man. Man is born to achieve a high destiny as the inheritor of a rich heritage. He should not fritter his days away in low pursuits and vulgar vanities. His destiny is to know the Truth, and live in it and for it. The Truth alone can make man free, happy and bold. If he is not prompted by this high purpose, life is a waste, a mere tossing on the waves, for the sea of life is never calm.

-Sathya Sai Speaks, Vol.VIII, P.124.