In plain words
“Nasukhāt labhyate sukhaṃ”: happiness does not come from happiness; happiness comes from hardship alone; worship begins from blame alone. If God's glory is to grow, blame along the way cannot be avoided. We need not fear it at all.
Say ‘yes’ to those who say ‘yes’; say ‘no’ to those who say ‘no’; ‘no’ and ‘yes’ belong to your mouths only; for Sāī all is ‘yes, yes, yes’
From my mouth ‘no’ does not come at all. For me it is always Ānanda. I know nothing but Ānanda. “Swami! My husband has died”: if someone tells me this, I say, “Very happy.” “When I say my husband has gone, why does Swami speak like this? Maybe He did not catch my words,” they think. Everything is for the good. Once there is birth, can there be no death? These two are a pair of birds. So I always remain in Ānanda. I have no desires of any kind. I have only one wish: all must become one. All must recognise the principle of the Ātma and live in the principle of Prema. Knowingly or unknowingly, you may have made some mistakes. But once you know, you must not do wrong. What has happened has happened. The future is not in your hands. The present alone is of great importance. So, doing right action in the present, enjoy Ānanda. Wherever you go, whatever work you do, enquire, “Am I doing good to others?” Root out selfishness.
Children must turn out good; there is no need to hope they will become great. I hope they will first become ‘good boys’ and at the very end take shape as ‘God boys’. In former days, when the British were here, ‘Good boy’ came into use. Later it changed into ‘Good Bye’. Now even ‘Good’ has gone, and they say ‘Bye’! In this way, with the change of time, some words too have gone on changing.