True religion is not talk, or doctrines, or theories, nor is it sectarianism. It is the relation between soul and God.
There are many people who fast, whose fast is nothing but hunger and thirst. There are those whose prayer is no better than wakefulness and hardship. The eating and drinking in case of the former and sleeping in the latter’s case is a far better option.
Only the person having firm conviction and iron volition can attain strength and energy. At no stage of karma does he ever hesitate.
The best way to not feel hopeless is to get up and do something. Don’t wait for good things to happen to you. If you go out and make some good things happen, you will fill the world with hope, you will fill yourself with hope.
If you seek to understand the whole universe you will understand nothing at all but seek to understand yourself and you will understand the whole universe.
