The wise man learns to meet the changing circumstances of life with an equitable spirit, being neither elated by success nor depressed by failure. Thus one realizes the truth of non-duality.

We are the most powerful creatures on the planet, women.

Though the sea, which is the reservoir of all jewels, is the father of the conch shell, and the goddess of fortune lakshmi is conch's sister, still the conch must go from door to door for alms (in the hands of a beggar). It is true, therefore, that one gains nothing without having given in the past.

In Denmark, the annual Christmas party is probably the most important cultural institution in the country.