In plain words
Since you are all new here, I have to tell you these things. When the ears were being made, no lids were put on them. No lids were put on the nose either. Lids were put only on the eyes and the mouth. What is the reason? Those two are things to be careful with. If a bad look comes, close your eyes. When anger or fury comes, keep your mouth shut. Bad talk turns a man into a bad man. See that these two are not there. These two are like the two wheels that carry a man to a high place. They are like two wings. In a man without these two, no faults can stay. The nature of God is always pure.
Camphor is white, the wish-fulfilling cow is white, a star is white, a swan's wing is white, the smile of lovely Sai is white.
So you must all live with a smile. Your hearts must dance with Ānanda. What do you lack here? Without spending a naya paisa, without stepping over the threshold, Kaivalya is falling into your lap. At such a time, why should you put on a castor oil face? They look like people who have drunk castor oil. The castor oil face belongs only to those who do not do their duty. Some are afraid of an examination. There must be an examination, without fail. If you have studied your studies well, you need not be afraid of the examination at all. You must be longing, “When, oh when, will the examinations come?” The sooner the examination comes, the sooner we pass. But children do not grasp the right meaning. As the examinations come nearer, you must make your Ānanda grow. The more we delay, the more our time goes to waste. So we must be in Ānanda as the examinations come nearer. On trees there are flowers. As their petals open, a strong fragrance comes. Before it drops, it blossoms well and falls as a perfect flower. As these examinations come nearer, our faces must be as though they have blossomed. Instead, we must not be in these aches, saying stomach ache, head ache.
Happiness is union with God. Many children must not give the slightest room to the words, “We will fail.” Carry out your duty well. You will pass. When you fail, you put the blame on others, saying, “It is that master's fault, it is this one's fault.” One must put it to oneself: “The fault is mine alone.”