When the ego dies, the soul awakes.

He who has not in him infinite patience cannot observe non-violence.

We shall cease to think only of ourselves when we think of others.

[Ramanama] is the only unfailing remedy for man's threefold ills.

Prayer needs a heart, not a tongue. Without the heart, words have no meaning.

It follows from the foregoing that we would be thereby adding that much time to our span of life.

There can be no perception without steadfastness of mind.

Great caution is necessary when a man represses his nature.

One can never find Truth if one is not wide awake every moment of one's life.

God and Satan cannot both occupy the throne of the heart.

He who looks for faults in others cannot see his own.

What is 'big' or 'small' in sin? Sin is sin. To believe otherwise is self-deception.

He who has God on his side, has all.

"Trust ye in the Lord for ever: for in the Lord Jehovah is everlasting strength." Isaiah, XXVI. 4.

He who does not want to be a slave of anyone, must become the slave of God.

"Sweet are the fruits of equanimity"ﾗthe truth of this is experienced every moment.

Let us think not of big things but of good things.

Nothing is ever achieved without toil, that is without tapa. How, then, can self-purification be possible without it?

When there is both inner and outer cleanliness, it approaches godliness.

Man rests in the jaws of Death. He is said to be dead when the jaws close.

What shall we call a person who, in the name of Rama, acts like Ravana?

One who thinks in terms of 'mine' and 'thine' cannot be free from attachment.

An important matter loses importance if irrelevant. A relevant thing, though small, is of the highest importance.

Silence inspired by fear is no silence.

To seek a favour is to barter away one's freedom.

When ﾑI' and when 'God'? In determining this lies the test of wisdom.

Man cannot raise himself by searching outside. The scope for growth lies within.

True happiness does not come from obtaining what one likes. It comes from cultivating a liking for what one dislikes.

Being a slave to fear and selfishness is the worst form of slavery.

Deeds, like seeds, take their own time to fructify.

When a man lives in submission to authority, it means he is paying the price of personal freedom.

Man can overcome mountains by faith.

If God keeps you, what does it matter if men reject you?

The world may call us weak but we must not weaken our ideals.

Man cannot worship God and at the same time despise his fellow-beings. The two are irreconcilable.

Not contrived but genuine laughter is true eloquence, and more effective than speech.

If the courage to endure everything with goodwill is lacking, goodwill becomes a lame virtue.

Man knows what his duty is, yet does not do what he knows he ought to. Why is that so?

To remember God and forget others is to see God even in them.

"Man is not God; call him not that. But of Divine refulgence he is part."

He alone can be a true satyagrahi who knows the art of living as well as of dying.

The soul dries up without the company of the good.

Meditation makes one strong and lucid.

He who is not disturbed by bad news will not be elated by good news.

Perfection is only an ideal for man; it cannot be attained, for man is made imperfect.

He who talks in tune with the rhythm of life is never weary.

Keep all, lose all.

Who can describe the joy that lies in finding refuge in God?

Despair corrodes man.

Man's capacity for self-deception is amazing.

Whatever the crisis, the fire of love will overcome it.

Our faith should be like an ever-burning lamp which not only gives us light but also illuminates the surroundings.

Our greatest enemy is not the foreigner, nor anyone else. We ourselves, that is, our desires, are our enemies.

God is said to have four arms as well as a thousand. It shows that all this is mere imagery.

We are no better than any otherﾗthis thought is full of truth and humility.

Irregularity never goes well with non-attachment.

Vice flourishes in darkness. It vanishes in the light of day.

We must always listen to criticism of our faults and failings, never to our praises.

Faith is the sun of life.

He who thinks, speaks and acts with God as his witness, will never feel ashamed of doing the right thing.

The greater man's realization of the Self, the greater his progress.

There is greater pleasure in not eating than in eating. Who has not experienced the truth of it?

Let us always beware of false knowledge. That which keeps or turns us away from Truth is false knowledge.

What can a person not accomplish by faith? He can do everything.

Only experience makes us realize how hard it is to attain the state of non-attachment.

The darkness of egoism is more impenetrable than darkness itself.

It is possible to endure a diseased body, but not a diseased mind.

How is it that a precept regarded as applicable to others appears inapplicable to oneself?

True religion knows no territorial limits.

How wrong it is to ask others to be clean when we ourselves remain unclean!

How shall we please God, how praise Him? By serving His creatureﾗman.

It is well not to yield to desire. Once we give in restraint becomes difficult if not impossible.

A right cause never fails; A true word never hurts in the end.

To have good thoughts is one thing; to act upon them is another.

When a man empties his heart, God enters it.

By donning the garb of religion, vice does not become virtue nor does a wrong cease to be wrong.

To surrender to force is a sign of unmanliness.

The breach of one rule inevitably leads to the breach of other rules.

Knowledge is that alone which enables a man to know himself. In other words, knowledge means self-realization.

When a man sleeps under the sky, who can rob him?

We seek the company of the good, for that is the food for our soul.

The Ganga flows in man's heart, yet he does not bathe in it, and remains unwashed.

In fact there should be harmony in life. The melody will pervade all activities and behaviour.

Like a ship without direction or destination, labour without an ideal is fruitless.

Silence above all.

Every moment I observe how man deceives himself.

When a man has lost patience, he should resort to silence, and speak only when he has calmed down.

Economics which departs from or is opposed to ethics is no good and should be renounced.

If we dwell on evil thoughts, they do not disappear; they are likely to become our companions. "Dhyayato vishayan.ﾔ

He who is truly clean within, cannot remain unclean without.

Non-attachment is put to real test only when there is full scope for our attachment to something.

A word uttered from a pure heart goes never vain.

It is sinful to multiply wants unnecessarily.(Written on 3-4-1945.)

Is not death, in every case, a release from too much suffering? If so, why lament when it comes?

Man spoils matters much more by speech than by silence.

Fear vanishes only with the annihilation of the ego.

Slipshod work is like half-baked bread, fit only to be thrown away.

Man's joy knows no bounds when he obtains something beyond his hopes.

Experience is daily growing upon me that everything is attainable through silence.

Better to die once than to die daily.

Every minute of my life I am conscious of the presence of God. Why, then, need I fear anyone?

Man is where his mind is, not where his body is.

It is useless to recite Ramanama without acting in a manner worthy of Rama.

Not to own our mistake is to repeat it and to commit the additional sin of concealing it.

There is not a single moment in life when man cannot serve.

Even if he be your relation, do not try to hide his faults.

Inexhaustible patience is needed if Truth is to be brought home to anyone.

Man is truly known by the humility of his spirit.

Life is likened to a rose; because life, too, is full of thorns.

The same sage observes that where there is peace of mind there is inner strength which is unfailing.

When the inner lamp burns, it illumines the whole world.

How shall we dispel this darkness of egoism? By the light of uttermost humility.

Accepting undesired service, which is not joyfully rendered, is a painful burden.

What seems impossible is not always really so.

Therefore, a satyagrahi will never seek rights; these will come to him unsought.

Why is it that man is afraid of speaking and practising truth, not untruth?

Confession of error works like a broom. The broom sweeps away filth; confession does no less.

He who remembers everything else but forgets God, really remembers nothing.

Education which does not mould character is wholly worthless.

In order to know himself, man must come out of his shell and view himself dispassionately.

He who wishes to preserve his integrity must be prepared to lose all material possessions.

Man finds himself by losing his Self.

When man realizes himself, he is saved.

It is as difficult to make the impossible possible, as it is easy to make the possible impossible.

Purity is tested only when it is pitted against impurity.

The non-attached person cannot own anything.

Life means not revelryﾗeating, drinking and making merry but praising God, i. e., rendering true service to humanity.

It is not the whistle that moves the train but the power harnessed in the steam.

Blind is not he who has lost his eyes, but he who hides his shortcomings.

Violence is the weapon of the weak; non-violence that of the strong.

It appears that man cannot escape the snare of exaggeration.

Without the maximum possible non-attachment, it is inconceivable for anyone to live up to the age of 125 years.

Pure thought is far more potent than speech.

He who does not labour and yet eats, eats stolen food.

He whose eye says one thing, his tongue another, and his heart yet another, is a worthless fellow.

On the other hand, modesty and humility nourish man and make for his growth.

To speak or not to speakﾗwhen that is the question, silence should take the place of speech.

However great the fury of the storm, the sea does not abandon its calm.

It is very difficult to confess one's error; but then there is no other way of cleansing oneself.

If the nature is evil, it needs not repression but casting out.

True happiness does not come from without; it comes from within.

He alone can offer sacrifice who is pure, fearless and worthy.

He who doubts the existence of God perishes.

When God is our Guide, we need worry about nothing.

Why fear death when the threat is ever present?

If we do not forsake our ideal, the ideal will never forsake us.

Only that work which is done after anger has subsided can bear fruit.

If God resides in every heart, then who dare hate whom?

The real service to the Bhils would be to make them fearless and remove their despair.

He alone lives in whose heart dwells Rama (God) and who is ever aware of such presence.

Pure love removes all weariness.

Supposing God is on the side of both, then who should fear whom?

Why should I depend upon anyone for my own affairs?

One man's cruelty is the measure of another man's gentleness.

What more do you want when the heavens are within you, and even God Himself?

How strange that we run after physicians who are mortals themselves but forget Rama, the immortal, eternal and never-failing Physician!

Only he is worthy to mete out punishment whose judgement is infallible. Who but God can be such?

Every minute that runs to waste is irrecoverable. Yet, knowing this, how much time we waste!

Divine Power is a thing that nothing can withstand.

It is sin to regard anyone as helpless who has God for his support.

Non-violence, truth, etc., are self-luminous. They cannot be genuine otherwise.

It is easy to instruct an uneducated person, but who can carry understanding to a man of little learning?

Die and be saved.

"My grace is sufficient for thee : for my strength is made perfect in weakness." II Corinthians, XII. 9.

When a man's mind is filled with the Light of Heaven, all obstacles in his path vanish.

That being so, why is man happy or miserable?

Faith is that which remains unshaken even in the face of advessity.

Untruth corrodes the soul; truth nourishes it.

Man by himself is nothing. But when he has become one with God, he is everything.

Outward peace is useless without inner peace.

He who fears, fails.

We cannot act or even think, in two opposite ways at the same time.

We can do nothing right, so long as we are not blessed with inner light.

"The hasty are ruffled; the slow and steady have composure." One sees the truth of this every moment.

What is true of purity is true of all other virtues. Nonﾭviolence is tested when it faces violence.

What is in the mind must come out, sooner or later.

Physical weakness is not the real weakness. Weakness of the mind alone is the real weakness.

Envy devours him who harbours it. He who is the object of envy remains unaffected, perhaps even unaware of it.

What does it matter if people look upon us as dreamers?

Man's capacity for self-deception is immeasurably greater than that for deceiving others. Every sensible person will testify to this.

When everything belongs to God what shall we offer to Him?

It is easier to cross the ocean between countries than to span the gulf between individuals or people.

Nanak says : "The craving for happiness is a veritable disease. Sorrow or suffering is its remedy."

Even nectar turns into poison if poison is added to it.

That which should be renounced must be declined as a matter of duty even if offered free.

Faith transcends reason; it is not opposed to it.

Belittling one's mother tongue is like disparaging one's own mother.

Merit lies in fighting alone, be the opponent one or many.

He who is poor by force of circumstances, cannot become poor by choice.

A guru should be perfect. God alone is that.

Evenmindedness is the best of all wisdom.

The right that accrues from the performance of duty endures.

One person has God on his side; millions have Satan on theirs. Must, therefore, one fear the millions?

He who in his distress turns to God is not troubled by any fear.

What greater meanness can there be than to seek out our good points and praise them to others?

To a starving person, God will appear in the form of bread alone.

To gain immortality through divine endowment is not a big thing. To fulfil our obligations in daily life is.

Because of our physical limitations, we cannot have a conception of the existence of God.

Let us respect other religions even as we respect our own. Mere tolerance thereof is not enough.

How can a man who turns night into day be non-attached?

How can he who does not know the art of living know the art of dying?

If you want to stand before God, you must go after shedﾭding the robe of egoism.

When God is enshrined in our hearts, we cannot harbour evil thoughts or do evil deeds.

It is strange that we toil so much over externals without a care for what lies within.

To find fault is one thing; to prove it is another.

Nothing is impossible for a true devotee.

Just as the universe is contained in the self, so is India contained in the villages.

All activities that are born of one and the same seed merge into one another.

Such being the case, where is the sense in making merry or becoming arrogant?

What is learnt by rote is of as little value as the parrot's recitation of Ramanama.

There is no happiness like Truth, no misery like untruth.

He who is shamed into acting correctly is not acting correctly at all.

There is a limit to violent action and it can fail. Non-violence knows no limit and it never fails.

He who thinks of the suffering humanity, will not think of himself. Where has he the time?

He who remembers God can afford to forget everything else.

He alone knows the charm of solitude who has deliberately taken to it.

Man has to do God's work, but how is he to know what that is?

To mistake selfishness for selflessness is like mistaking a jackal for a lion.

No joy can compare with the joy of doing one's duty in silence.

A devotee is ever absorbed in God.

A calculating mind cannot attain self-realization.

Do not think, speak or write without reflecting. Consider how much time could thereby be saved.

Even one word, if true, is enough. Untrue words, however many, are worth nothing.

Give all, gain all.

Selfless action is a source of strength, for such action means the worship of God.

He who loses patience, loses Truth as well as Non-violence.

When the self dies, God fills the void.

Selfishness and fear must go if one is to realize God.

Justice needs to be tempered with generosity as much as generosity needs to be tempered with justice.

No man is worthless who lightens anyone's burden even the least bit.

Truth should be accompanied by firmness of purpose.

Every man should seek for the Source of his being.

Ramanama helps only those who fulfil the conditions for its recitation.

Do not listen to rumour; but, if you do, do not believe it.

The way to know what God's work is is heartfelt prayer and corresponding action.

Religion does not consist in eating this food or eschewing that but only in the realization of God within oneself.

That which looks for mercy from an opponent is not non-violence.

However lofty the ambition, even those considered the lowliest of creatures should come within its ambit.

Humility does not work, if it is a mere pretence; nor does simplicity.

To rejoice in happiness is to invite misery. Real happiness springs from sorrow and suffering.

When God cares, why should we be full of cares?

Life is not a bed of roses; it is full of thorns.

Just as drop by drop the lake fills up, so also every minute of sincere prayer nourishes the soul.

We are loath to devote time to things that matter, but hanker after worthless things and find pleasure in them!!!

Mere confession of a wrong does not erase it. Whatever is possible must be done to undo the wrong.

Sacrifice which causes pain is no sacrifice at all. True sacrifice is joy-giving and uplifting.

How can one claim to be human if he acts like a beast?

If the inside is clean, the outside is bound to be so.

The straight path is as difficult as it is simple. Were it not so, all would follow the straight path.

Dying for religion is good; for fanaticism, neither dying nor living.

By whatever name God be called, if there be godly attributes, we must surely bow to Him.

Noise does not overcome noise; silence does.

He who wishes to save time will never do a single unnecessary thing.

The common people are a devoted worker's real bank, and this bank never fails.

Everyone, prince or pauper, is the guardian of his own dharma. What is there to grieve or rejoice in this?

In complete non-violence, there is complete absence of hatred.

We have made ourselves what we are.

There is goodness as well as greatness in simplicity, not in wealth.

We are all mad. Which of us shall call whom mad?

"There is no sin like untruth, even as a million berries heaped together cannot equal a mountain". ﾗTulsidas

He who knows no rules and follows none just cannot be a servant of the people.

What a pity that even though a man knows it, he still prefers to fall!

Reflection shows that heaven is here on earth, not in the sky above.

Not to do evil is the only true law of life, says Guru Teg Bahadur.

Verily, there should be only one fearﾗthe fear of doing something mean or untrue.

When we give something, we must give the truest part of ourselves.

"God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble." Psalms, XLVI. 1.

To speak the truth, you have to weigh your words again and again.

Innocent and dreamless sleep is samadhi (meditation), yoga (concentration of mind) and selfless action. (Adapted from Vinoba's letter).

Many things are wrought by patience, even as they are spoilt by impatience.

He who has everything but God on his side, has nothing.

Intuition is lame if it is not supported by reason.

Nobody progresses without opposition.

He who lacks peace and firmness cannot realize God.

If we are late for a train, we miss it. What if we are late for prayer?

How strange that a man very often does not know who is a friend and who is a foe!

Renunciation which does not spring from the heart cannot be abiding.

There is only one way of achieving independence through non-violence : by dying we live, by killing never.

He who always treads only the path of Truth never stumbles.

When the world rejects a man, God befriends him.

He who does not know himself is lost.

The true mark of success in life is the growth of tenderness and maturity in a man.

Opposition makes the man.

If there is any hope for a man, whose mind remains impure in spite of himself, it is Ramanama.

Why seek outside that which is within you?

Money is God'ﾗit is wrong to say so, and it has been proved to be wrong.

What matters to you the world's praise or censure? Do what you think is your duty.

The nearer we approach our ideal, the more truthful we become.

Isaiah, XLI. 10 has : "Fear thou not; for I am with thee."

We exist, because God is. This shows that man, or any living being, is part of the Divine.

When Reason and Faith are in conflict, it is better to prefer Faith.

Fewer people die from disease than from fear of disease.

Even one drop of the poison of untruth will poison the entire milk-ocean of Truth.

He who wants to please all, will please none.

When the soul awakes, all sorrow vanishes.

Faith makes the ship move.

Everyone grows old with the passage of time; desire alone remains ever youthful.

He who has divine endowment in him becomes thereby immortal.

Inner strength grows by prayer.

Sacrifice with regret is no sacrifice.

A man without an ideal is like a ship without a rudder. (Written on 15-4-45.)

A foreigner deserves to be welcomed only when he mixes with the indigenous people as sugar does with milk.

Whatever we do should be done not to please or displease anyone, but only to please God.

He who harps on his woes, multiplies them manifold.

Knowing that everything has two sides, let us look at the bright side alone.

Everything is right and proper in its place, improper when out of place.

Thought pierces even a wall of steel.

Life becomes perpetually renewed every day. This knowledge should be helpful in uplifting us.

To see nothing but faults of others is even meaner than praising one's own virtues.

What distinguishes man from animals ? Comprehensive thinking on this question will solve a lot of our problems.

He who explores the branch and forgets the root, strays.

A troubled mind causes more suffering than an ulcer.

The human body is like a musical instrument. Any note that is desired can be struck on it.

Chastity needs no purdah. It needs only God's protection.

For the realization of Truth it is necessary to read the lives of the saints and reflect upon them.

Faith is put to the test when the situation is most difficult.

Slavery to the environment dulls a man's mind.

Pride devours man completely. The truth of this can be realized by everyone every moment.

One is a servant of him for whom one works, not to whom one pays only lip service.

We have no existence outside and apart from God.

A good thought is like fragrance.

He who is afraid of people's censure will never be able to do anything worth while.

Indigestion, etc., are not the only causes of fever. Anger, too, can bring it on.

It is more than severe punishment to compel a man to do something which he does not understand.

When man smites, it is God who comes to our rescue.

The power of a true word is such that it leads one from selfishness to selflessness.

This day deserves to be written in letters of gold for, on April 6, 1919, India discovered herself.

Beauty lies not in the complexion but in Truth alone.

There can be no safety for us save in the lap of God.

Man must never suppress his inner voice even if he stand alone.

Real weakness is internal, not outward.

The benefit of solitude can be realized only by experience.

Without selflessness, how can there be fearlessness?

Renunciation is true enjoyment.

Steadfastness in meditation indicates depth of thought; it also makes for purity and maturity of thought.

When attachment is present, the performance of even a pure deed involves manipulation.

It is not man that enjoys pleasures; it is pleasures that enjoy man, which is to say they consume him.

The contentment that accrues to man as a result of leading a regular life, promotes his health and longevity.

Nothing turns out right so long as there is no harmony between body, mind and soul.

What is it, if not futile, to argue about something which is beyond thought?

Nanak says : "The more one indulges oneself, the more unhappy one becomes."

Non-possession means that we should not hoard anything that we do not need today.

He who denies the existence of God denies his own.

Selfishness keeps us worrying for ever.

Only he can be a leader who never loses hope.

Moral strength does accrue from the reading of scriptures; but real freedom cannot be attained without enlightenment.

"Rather perish than break the pledged word." ﾗTulsidas

The nectar of Ramanama brings joy to the soul and rids the body of its ailments.

He who has God for his companion, why need he be sorrowful or anxious or look for another companion?

To remain entangled in things physical and aspire for self-realization is like asking for the moon.

If you see inner beauty, the outer will seem dull.

To destroy something is easy. To build requires great skill and care.

The wonder is that even though a man knows where true happiness lies, he wastes his life in pursuing untruth!

Pure thought is so subtle and yet so powerful a thing that it becomes all-pervading.

Have we any right to pray so long as we have not purged ourselves of our impurities?

The greatness of a person lies in his heart, not in his head, that is, intellect.

Purity asks for no external protection.

Sorrow is but another aspect of joy. Hence the one invariably follows the other.

God is omnipresent. Hence it is that He speaks to us through stones, trees, insects, birds, beasts, etc.

He who obeys God's Law will never care for any other law which is opposed to the Divine Law.

When our outer life gets the better of our inner life, the result is bound to be bad.

If we call God our Redeemer and let our indolence grow, we are committing a sin.

When we wipe the slate clean, we see God's signature clearly on it.

To be guilty of a lapse, small or big, is certainly bad; but to hide it is even worse.

Do not do anything do not read anything without understanding.

If there is a soul, then surely the Supreme Soul (God), too, exists.

Even a little untruth ruins a man, as a drop of poison ruins milk.

One perfect man can dispel untruth even though the untruthful be legion.

He who is face to face with God does not speak, cannot speak.

Says Nanak again : "Whatever you give away is yours; whatever you keep is not yours."

In egotism lies all trouble.

Contemplation of an ideal does not broaden its scope, but it certainly increases its depth.

Man can smile away his sorrows; by crying he only multiplies them.

He who seeks refuge in Ramanama, has Ramanama installed "in his heart and is duly rewarded.

An ideal is one thing; living up to it is quite another. (Written on 15-4-1945.)

If all become teachers, who will be the pupils? So let us all be pupils.

Alcohol maddens a man for the moment, but pride devours him completely and he is not even conscious of it!

Man dies when he cuts himself off from the source of his being, not when the soul leaves the body.

A man of knowledge attains peace only through renunciation.

The light of knowledge can never dawn on the proud.

Sweet are the fruits of patience.

Life is unreal, death is real and certain. ﾗNanak

He who has neither peace nor determination, how can he have realization?

Our personal cleanliness counts for little if our neighbours are not clean.

Nanak says : "God dwells in every human heart, and so every heart is a temple of God."

Superstition and truth cannot go together.

He who concentrates on any one thing with singleness of purpose, will ultimately acquire the capacity to do everything.

He who loses his individuality loses all.

A life without thought is like that of a beast.

Restlessness and impatience are two diseases and both shorten life.

Why does a man become restless when he is unable to do his work?

Man is the image of his thoughts.

He who wants to drink of the nectar of Ramanama must purge himself of lust, anger and the like.

Faith that does not wane but ever waxes higher and turns into realization.

Who can eat with an easy mind so long as even a single person starves for want of work?

Just as only others can see a man's back while he himself cannot, we too cannot see our own errors.

Verily, the land belongs to him who labours on it.

He who forgets God, forgets himself.

A person without attachment should have an inexhaustible fund of patience.

In faith there is no room for despair.

We have to make ourselves as nearly as possible like Him we want to reach.

The joy of life lies in divesting oneself of life's cares.

Meditation does not make one dull.

The first service is latrine-cleaning.

I strive hard to preserve my physical body. Do I take the same pains to know my soul?

He who is unable to rule over himself can never really succeed in ruling over others.

If you must be annoyed, why should it be at other people's lapses, why not at your own?

God is our Help as well as the Helmsman.

More people die of worry than of natural causes.

An egoistical utterance should always be regarded as false.

Living with God there are no difficulties.

If one man can become perfect, it is but fair to assume that all can become so.

When all forsake you, God shall still be with you.

Evil thoughts are also a sign of illness. Let us, therefore, avoid evil thoughts.

Nanak says : "If we obey the law of God, we then need no man-made laws."

A person without attachment should under no circumstances give way to anger.

Religion is no religion if it becomes mechanical.

Simplicity cannot be affected, it should be ingrained in one's nature.

A poet has said that a man without knowledge is like an animal. What is that knowledge?

He who is the dust of everybody's feet is near to God.

Life spent in service is the only fruitful life.

Religion is that which comprehends all. In other words, religion permeates life in all its aspects and at all times.

Debts are redeemed by deeds, not by words.

How can that be religion which cannot be put to use in one's daily life?

He alone who truly serves is a good householder. He goes on giving without expectation of return.

Good deeds let us do right now; the bad ones let us always keep on postponing.

Never should we make the mistake of imagining that a wrong can be classified as 'big' or 'smallﾒ.

He who is absorbed in God cannot become absorbed in anybody or anything besides Him.