“Maturity has more to do with what types of experiences you''ve had, and what you''ve learned from them, and less to do with how many birthdays you''ve celebrated.”
“Plant the seeds of Love in your hearts. Let them grow into trees of Service and shower the sweet fruit of Ananda. Share the Ananda with all. That is the proper way to celebrate the Birthday.”
“Well, birthdays are merely symbolic of how another year has gone by and how little we''ve grown. No matter how desperate we are that someday a better self will emerge, with each flicker of the candles on the cake, we know it''s not
“Fly free and happy beyond birthdays and across forever, and we''ll meet now and then when we wish, in the midst of the one celebration that never can end.”
to be, that for the rest of our sad, wretched pathetic lives, this is who we areto the bitter end. Inevitably, irrevocably; happy birthday? No such thing.”