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.
How to attain concentration? There are no short cuts. Constant practice is needed. In the beginning, it is a great thing if by chance we get even one or two minutes of concentration in an hour. We should make continuous and sincere effort without stopping until we gain one pointed concentration.
If we are able to give happiness to a soul-even for a minute-our life becomes blessed.
When we perceive goodness in everything, we will be filled with God's grace. That grace is the source of all success in life.
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.