Food, clothing, shelter – these are incidental; the more you have the greater the ill health, the bother, the anxiety, the fear. And, nothing can save you from death, when you have to leave everything and disappear from the scene. If you are good, if you serve others to the best of your ability, and shower Love on all, then though you may be away, your name will remain in the memory of man.

That is the marble monument you can legitimately covet and work for. But, it is your duty to serve, and to be good, whether men honour you or throw scorn on you. (SSS Vol.9, p. 59)