Everyone must express gratitude to their parents for this gift of life.

I like simplicity, I like dress that will not discourage people from approaching you for a kind word, a bit of service, a helping hand. It must be clean and decent; not outlandish and queer. It should not be worn to attract attention. Just as you desire to wear clean comfortable clothes for the body, desire also clean and consoling exercises for the mind like japam, dhyanam (repetition of holy name and meditation), etc. Use the eyes to watch wholesome things, the feet to proceed to the house of God, the hands to serve the embodiments of God moving around you as men, the tongue to soothe pain, praise virtue, and glorify God. Do not use the eye to vulgarise your brain, and the feet to stand in queue for deleterious films. Character is the most precious gift of education. I consider gratitude as its chief component! Everyone must express gratitude to their parents for this gift of life.

Bagavan Sri Sri Sri Sathya Sai Baba