Obedience to the Guru without questioning, and strict observance of Brahmacharya - this is the secret of success.
What good is it, if we acknowledge in our prayers that God's the Father of us all, & in our daily lives don't treat every man as other brother?
He who has served and helped one poor man seeing Siva in him without thinking of his caste, creed or race, or anything - with him Siva is more pleased than with the man who sees Him only in temples.
He who sees Siva in the poor, in the weak & in the diseased, really worships Siva & if he sees Siva only in the image, his worship's but preliminary
This is the gist of all worship - to be pure and to do good to others.
Unselfishness is the test of religion. He who has more of this unselfishness is more spiritual and nearer to Siva.
It is said in the Sastras that those who serve the servants of God are His greatest servants.
He who wants to serve Siva must serve His children - must serve all creatures in this world first.
Arise, and awake, and see her seated here, on her eternal throne, rejuvenated, more glorious than she ever was - this motherland of ours.