In plain words
First of all, purity of thought, word and deed must arise in us; we must take into ourselves all three, love of God, fear of sin and morality in society.
Not in the matter of drinking water alone: in every field man has many problems. Birth is a worry, living on the earth is a worry, family life is a worry, death is a worry. All are worries! If you mean to marry off a child of the house, that too sets off a worry about how it will come about, and what will happen. So life itself is a worry. “O men, win at least now, to your heart's content, the grace of the Lord of all, who removes every worry.” If you win the grace of this Lord of all, all worries are dispelled.
Man must make his own effort
‘By practice, tasks are accomplished in this world.’ Without practice we cannot accomplish any task. If the food on the plate is to reach the stomach, the mouth and the hand must be put to work, must they not! So we must go on doing our duties. We must not put pressure on the government and the officials for every task. What we have to do, we must do. In man today neither such patience nor such dedication is to be seen. If you want a result quickly without making for each thing the effort that fits it, how will it come? We must make our own effort, and time, action, cause and duty must also come together with it. Without making any effort at all, it is not good to lay the blame on God on the one side or on the government on the other. God can do anything. But first make good use of the strength that has been given to you. Only then can God give you the result that fits it. If you do not use your own strength in the least and want God alone to do everything, that is not …. If you behave as you please, without fear of sin and love of God, how will God bless you? If you forget your very humanness and go on growing Ahaṅkāra, Mamakāra and envy, how will you come by Śānti? If you hold an atom bomb in your hand and cry “Peace, peace!”, will you get peace? If we want peace, we must first make the atmosphere around us pure and tranquil.
If a village is to prosper, the people of that village can do anything when they unite. But today, through the influence of Kali, many obstacles keep blocking the way of whoever does good works. You know the cricket: its nature is to cut even a silk sari of ten thousand rupees as if it were cutting a sooty rag. In this society too there are some of the cricket's breed, the mosquito's breed and the bedbug's breed. They do not do the work themselves, and they do not let those who do it work. On top of that they spread discouragement. Their nature is to find fault with good people in one way or another. Well then, ask whether they have done any good work, and there is nothing. Such people have no right to criticise at all. Never mind what anyone thinks; when we have firm faith that what we do is good work, we need fear no one. That is just what I told the Chief Minister.