From his cradle to his grave a man never does a single thing which has any first and foremost object but one - to secure peace of mind, spiritual comfort, for himself.

Death borders upon our birth, and our cradle stands in the grave.

Why is it that we rejoice at a birth and grieve at a funeral? It is because we are not the person involved

Serving the True Guru, one finds a lasting peace, the pains of birth and death are removed.

Why is it that we rejoice at a birth and grieve at a funeral? It is because we are not the person involved.

[On his deathbed:] Death, the only immortal who treats us all alike, whose pity and whose peace and whose refuse are for all -- the soiled and the pure, the rich and the poor, the loved and the unloved