Love will never bend before the forces of envy or hatred, however powerful they may be.

The prompting inside an individual to love one’s mother is an expression of the Divine Nature in that person. If there was no spark of the Divine in the person, they would not have loved at all. A person who loves another individual is a theist, whether they go to a temple or church, or not. You proceed from the known to the unknown. Then that love expands in ever widening circles, until it covers all nature! In its pure form, even plucking a leaf from a tree may affect you that you will think twice! The green vitality of the tree is a sign of the Divine Will, which sends its roots deep into the soil. The roots keep the tree safe from storms, holding it fast against the violent tug of the wind. So too, if the roots of love in an individual goes down into the spring of the Divine in them, no storm of suffering can shake them.

Bagavan Sri Sri Sri Sathya Sai Baba