The earth is supported by the power of truth; it is the power of truth that makes the sun shine and the winds blow; indeed all things rest upon truth.
God is not present in idols. Your feelings are your god. The soul is your temple.
Never make friends with people who are above or below you in status. Such friendships will never give you any happiness.
As soon as the fear approaches near, attack and destroy it.
A person should not be too honest. Straight trees are cut first and honest people are screwed first.
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.
Once you start a working on something, don't be afraid of failure and don't abandon it. People who work sincerely are the happiest.
As a single withered tree, if set aflame, causes a whole forest to burn, so does a rascal son destroy a whole family.
Beauty is spoiled by an immoral nature; noble birth by bad conduct; learning, without being perfected; and wealth by not being properly utilized.
A wicked wife, a foolish friend, an ill tongued servant and a house infested with serpents will undoubtedly bring death.
As water collected in a tank gets pure by filtration, so accumulated wealth is preserved by being employed in charity.
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.
That man who is without religion and mercy should be rejected. A guru without spiritual knowledge should be rejected. The wife with an offensive face should be given up and so should relatives who are without affection.
A man is great by deeds, not by birth.
He who is overly attached to his family members experiences fear and sorrow, for the root of all grief is attachment. Thus one should discard attachment to be happy.
A father who is a chronic debtor, an adulterous mother, a beautiful wife, and an unlearned son are enemies in one's own home.
A person becomes great not by sitting on some high seat, but through higher qualities. A crow does not become an eagle by simply sitting on the top of a palatial building.
Do not reveal what you have thought upon doing, but by wise council keep it secret being determined to carry it into execution.
