You read in journals and newspapers about campaigns, conquests, victories, etc., but they are all material conquests. Campaign against the temptations of your senses; conquer your inner foes; triumph over your ego. This is the victory for which you deserve congratulations. The day becomes holy when you sanctify it by sadhana (spiritual practices), not otherwise. Sadhana can grow only in a field fertilised by Love. The love you have towards material objects, name, fame, wife and children should be sanctified by the overpowering Love for God. Add two spoons of water to two liters of milk; the water is appreciated as milk! At present your Sadhana can be described only as mixing two liters of water to two spoons of milk! Let the Love for God fill and thrill your heart; then, you cannot hate anyone, you cannot indulge in unhealthy rivalries, and you will not find fault with anyone. Your life will become soft, sweet and smooth.

- Divine Discourse, Jan 1, 1967.