When things are placid, calm, and unruffled, people can merge themselves in the atmosphere of Supreme Consciousness, which is the highest they can reach. The shanti (peace) they taste there is subtler than the subtlest. They must ascend to it through effort guided by reason, through meditation. When the enjoyment is full and complete, it is the attainment of the Divine status, the coveted goal of life! People do not generally strive for it, because they know nothing of its supreme attraction.

- Dhyana Vahini, Chap 4, "Promote the Welfare of all Beings".

Life has to be spent in accumulating and safeguarding virtue, not riches. - BABA