We need to strike a balance between material and spiritual progress, a balance achieved on the basis of love and compassion.
Nothing in the world can bother you as much as your own mind, I tell you. In fact, others seem to be bothering you, but it is not others, it is your own mind.
All that we are is the result of what we have thought. The mind is everything. What we think we become.
Just be a simple witness, a mirror which reflects and makes no judgment. This very moment you can become a witness. Witnessing is the only religion there is.
There is a magnet in your heart that will attract true friends. That magnet is unselfishness, thinking of others first; when you learn to live for others, they will live for you.
It's much easier to have a spiritual experience than it is to live a spiritual life. It's the life that is more important than the experience.