Soak your heart in Love, soak your acts in righteousness, soak your emotions in compassion; then you attain God soonest. (SSS Vol.8, p. 52)

The trouble is that knowledge is growing but wisdom lags. There is an infection of envy, cynicism and conceit everywhere. Man has become the slave of passion and pride. He lets his mind drag him wherever it listeth, though the word Man means ‘He who has control over manas. The control of the mind can be achieved through spiritual discipline and training. To remove dirt from a white cloth, the dhobi soaks it in water, puts in soap flakes, warms the water and beats it on a stone. He does not make it white; it is white. He only removes the non-whiteness by a certain process. So too, the jiva (individual soul) is pure; but, it has got soiled. It has to be soaked in Good Conduct and Pure Character; soaped with the Meditation on Godhead; warmed in discriminatory wisdom helped by reason; and beaten on the slab of renunciation. (SSS Vol.2)

The Grace of God cannot be won by mere repetition of His glories; utter the name of God, with its halo of meaning clear in the mind and soaking into your acts and feelings. (SSS Vol. 10)

Pray intensely and with faith. Then, Grace will be showered on you. When the heart is soaked in Love, it cannot be contaminated by egoism and its evil consequences. (SSS Vol. 10)

The heart soaked in compassion is verily the Altar of God. (SSS Vol.13)

Bhajan, satsang and meditation done with a mind soaked in love, can confer peace, joy and wisdom. (SSS Vol.13)

The saplings of devotion and dedication can grow only on minds that are soaked in karuna (compassion). How can even the best of seeds sprout on salty soil? Compassion means reflecting in our minds the joys and sorrows of others, and responding with exhilaration and sympathy. For this to happen, the mind has to be cleansed and transformed into a fine mirror. (SSS Vol.14)