Who am I? Not the body, because it is decaying; not the mind, because the brain will decay with the body; not the personality, nor the emotions, for these also will vanish with death.
Without understanding yourself, what is the use of trying to understand the world?
The body dies, but the spirit that transcends it cannot be touched by death.
Time and space always change, but there is something which is eternal and changeless. For example, the world and time, past or future, nothing exists for us in sleep. But we exist. Let us try to find out that which is changeless and which always exists.
No one succeeds without effort... Those who succeed owe their success to perseverance.
Our own self-realization is the greatest service we can render the world.