Everything that is born must die. But you can escape death by not being born again. When you realize that you are the limitless Atma, you are no longer subjected to the limitation of birth. That is the secret. How to know that? It is the result of a long process of sharpening and purifying the emotions and the impulses. You may do the most rigorous japa or submit yourself to the ordeal of austerities, but if you are not virtuous, all of it is sheer waste.
(Gems of Wisdom, Virtue, pg 230)
