...'My sons, man by nature is a creative, affectionate and duty-loving being. He cannot do without loving, but needs guidance without which he will not know how to create and love what what he should... Most of the misfits in society, who are called criminals or sinners, are people who have not received right guidance in their early life. Man ought to create, first and foremost, harmony, peace and order within himself. His instruments of creation are his thoughts and feelings; he must refine them and keep them in good order. Religion, if taught without sectarianism and narrowness, teaches man self-control, eradication of hatred and inordinate affection, and above all, devotion of the heart to the one universal and eternal fountain of beauty and bliss, the all-pervading spiritual entity...'

...'Devotion to God is first expressed in the third person; the devotee says: 'He of whom the Vedas sing, Who is incarnated... is my sole Lord and master'; and if he is persevering, patient and given to tapas [self-restraint] and service of his Guru, he develops a feeling of vairagya [detachment] and great love for Hari [God]. The follows the second phase of devotion, in which Hari is worshipped in the second person: 'Thou art my Lord and I am thy servant. Thou didst confer thy companionship on Suddama, on the gopis of Vraja, and on the wild tribes of Southern India. In thee I take refuge'. In this stage the devotee sees Hari in every being. A true lover loves the world; rising above all passions, his mind swings in the serene atmosphere which is not approached by the dust of sansara [phenomenality]. The devotee now begins to lose consciousness of his individuality. In the third stage he worships Hari in the first person. Hari becomes his own Self and all duality comes to an end; the veil of sansara is lifted and there is no longer 'I' or 'my', 'thou' or 'thine', but only one Cosmic Consciousness in which universes rise and fall like bubbles in the sea. My sisters, this is the consummation of devotion. 'Vasudeva [God] is all'; the Mahatma who knows this is rare. Thus you will see there is no difference between devotion and jnana...'