“Control the mind, and you remain unruffled. That is the secret of peace; that is the education that man must first claim and secure. We find today that the man who is most highly educated is the very person who is most discontented and unhappy. Then what is the gain from all the study he has made of books and of men and things? To gain this equanimity, you have to do not reading, but systematic sadhana (spiritual effort). Then you can be happy whether you are rich or poor, appreciated or rejected, prosperous or unlucky. That is an armor without which it is foolish to enter the arena of life. If the arena is entered just for getting sensory joy, you are in for all kinds of trouble. It is like sailing in a tiny boat on a storm-tossed sea without a rudder. So, enter upon the path of spiritual discipline now itself.”