There is no austerity equal to a balanced mind, and there is no happiness equal to contentment there is no disease like covetousness, and no virtue like mercy.

• Never make friends with people who are above or below you in status. Such friendships will never give you any happiness.
• There is some self-interest behind every friendship. There is no friendship without self-interests. This is a bitter truth.
• We should not fret for what is past, nor should we be anxious about the future men of discernment deal only with the present moment.
• God is not present in idols. Your feelings are your god. The soul is your temple.
• A good wife is one who serves her husband in the morning like a mother does, loves him in the day like a sister does and pleases him like a prostitute in the night.
• A man is born alone and dies alone and he experiences the good and bad consequences of his karma alone and he goes alone to hell or the Supreme abode.
• If one has a good disposition, what other virtue is needed? If a man has fame, what is the value of other ornamentation?
• A man is great by deeds, not by birth.
• Never make friends with people who are above or below you in status. Such friendships will never give you any happiness.
• There is no austerity equal to a balanced mind, and there is no happiness equal to contentment there is no disease like covetousness, and no virtue like mercy.