Hunger is the disease for which food is the medicine; thirst is the illness for which drink is the medicine. Food and drink, housing and clothing, must be subsidiary to the needs of the spirit, and the education of our emotions, passions and impulses. You cannot have more salt than the quantity of dal (a side dish), not even the same proportion. So too, efforts to achieve health, comfort, etc. must be just enough for the purpose of sustaining the sadhana (spiritual practice), not more, not less.

- Divine Discourse, October 2, 1965.

Prayer must emanate from the heart, where God resides. - Baba