No one so far has found lasting bliss in wealth. True happiness is achieved by doing one's duty properly and by investing the money thus earned in noble works, in doing spiritual actions and it is unparalleled.
Do you know how the spirit is influenced by pleasure and pain? When iron is burned in fire it appears like fire, and in the same way, when the spirit is reflected through intellect, we feel that it is influenced by pleasure and pain. But, in reality, Spirit is invariable and dispassionate.
Only the person who surrenders to the will of God, succeeds. Victory is not possible by any other action. God's will is manifested on those who know the Holy Name of God imparted by the Spiritual Master.
As dirty clothes are not cleaned by washing them with mud, so the effect of dirty actions is not cleansed by doing various worldly actions. The mind and heart is purified by devotion after acquiring Spiritual Knowledge of desire less and selfless actions.
Even if thousands of moons and galaxies rise together in the sky and all the world's forests are set on fire, still the darkness of night cannot be removed except by the sun.