Each and every one of you must work hard to overcome the habit of sliding into worry (chinta) and despondency every now and then. Once this weed takes root in your mind, it assumes many forms to assert its hold. Every stage of life is fraught with anxiety; every step in your progress is a cause for worry. In fact, birth, death, old age and illness - every one of these multiply worries of their own. How to get sleep is a cause for worry; how to get up from bed is another worry! Today admission to colleges causes worry; admission to hostels is another worry; then examination causes new worry! But these are matters that are not essential. They should not cause so much heartburn as the problem of removing the fundamental error in your thought process - ignoring the Divine who inspires and guides you always and forever. Do not worry. Develop selfless love with faith and share that love with all.

- Divine Discourse, Dec 7, 1978.