If you make an effort to cultivate just one good quality, all the other good qualities will develop naturally within you.
Chant your mantra while engaged in work. This way, the mind will be continuously focused on Him.
To face different situations in life with presence of mind and mental poise, first we have to train the mind.
It is when you go out into the world and work in various situations that you can see how your mind reacts to different circumstances.
Only those who are humble can receive God's grace. In someone who perceives God's presence in everything, there is no room for the ego. So the first quality we need to develop within ourselves is humility.
In every stone exists a latent image. When the sculptor chisels away all the unwanted parts, the image emerges. That beautiful form is born because the stone offers itself to the artist, sitting patiently before him or her for a long time.
The tree can't emerge until the outer shell of the seed breaks. Similarly, you cannot know the Truth without totally destroying the ego.