When 1000 medicines are presented, Dr.Safai said thanks. Some have not understood Swami’s nature in these minor things also. When do you thank? We thank a third person. You do not thank your own people. You thank the host when you are invited for a dinner, after dinner. Does anybody thank the mother when she serves food? The other one is a third person if you thank. The one taking it as a matter of right is the principle of unity here. There is no difference only when there is a second person. Truth is one not two. So we should not use this word thanks in our organisation. It has become a matter of habit in the modern world. (DTB Vol.5, pp.13-14)

The good fortune that has brought you face to face with Me is something for which you must thank your merit won through previous lives. (EL, p.29)