A letter on some scrap scribbled over in illegible style carrying some absurd bit of information
will be carried by mail and will be delivered at the address with care and exactitude, provided it
has the exact stamp fixed on it. A letter on costly note-paper carrying exquisite calligraphy and
florid with a weighty message, worth its weight in gold, will lie neglected and condemned, if it
has not affixed on it the stamp, which the postal regulation requires! The stamp of Bhakthi (devotion) is
what makes the prayer reach the destination, God; not the festoons, the fanfare, the heap of
flowers or the festive nature of the feast-offerings. The simple sincere heart is the stamp, which
makes the prayer travel fast.
- Divine Discourse, 18th July 1970.