One's life is meaningful only because he can use it to see God. The goal of life is the final merging in the sea, God.  You should not fill life with the world. That will make it a vanity fair, an insanity fair. Listen to all such things that will draw you towards the principle of Godhead; then, think it over in the silence, make it a part of your consciousness. This process of manana (reflection) makes you a human being. This is the test of life for every human being.

- Sathya Sai Speaks, Vol 3, Ch 21,   6-Sep-1963.

"Grief is a great friend, for it opens one's eyes and
shocks them to search the secret of peace and happiness." - Baba