Desires that cling to the mind are the blemishes that tarnish the inner consciousness. Control your senses; do not yield to their insistent demands for satisfaction. When a corpse is placed on a pyre, and when it is lit, both the corpse and the pyre are reduced to ashes. So too, when senses are negated, mind too disappears. When mind disappears, delusion dies and liberation is achieved. Faith in God is the best reinforcement for spiritual victory. When you revel in contemplation of the Lord’s splendour, nothing material can attract you. All else will seem inferior; the company of the godly and humble alone will be relished. When you act with faith and surrender, grace flows through you into every act of yours. Then they will no longer be yours, they are His, and you will have no concern about the consequences thereof. All words, thoughts and actions emanating from you will be saturated with love and conducive to peace.

- Divine Discourse, Mar 17, 1966.