Pujya Sri Swamiji Bhakti Mala, Feb 2010

It is persistent effort which always brings success -- sooner or later.
 The progress to perfection is through pain and suffering.  Hard stones
have to come into sharp collision before they can produce spark.  Treat
problems as blessings in disguise, for they have come, either to give
you an opportunity to gain mastery over them or to turn your mind to the
Higher Power

Pujya Sri Swamiji, Bhakti Mala, Feb 2010

He who has intense devotion for the Almighty, will have no enemies, no
fear, no sorrow.  The Almighty has taken a vow to punish those who
oppose such true devotees - so say the scriptures and the learned.