There is some self-interest behind every friendship. There is no friendship without self-interests. This is a bitter truth.

Never make friends with people who are above or below you in status. Such friendships will never give you any happiness.

The world's biggest power is the youth and beauty of a woman.

Education is the best friend. An educated person is respected everywhere. Education beats the beauty and the youth.

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.

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.

As soon as the fear approaches near, attack and destroy it.

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.

The happiness and peace attained by those satisfied by the nectar of spiritual tranquillity is not attained by greedy persons restlessly moving here and there.

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.

As long as your body is healthy and under control and death is distant, try to save your soul; when death is immanent what can you do?

God doesn't dwell in the wooden, stony or earthen idols. His abode is in our feelings, our thoughts.

A man is great by deeds, not by birth.

The wise man should restrain his senses like the crane and accomplish his purpose with due knowledge of his place, time and ability.

One whose knowledge is confined to books and whose wealth is in the possession of others, can use neither his knowledge nor wealth when the need for them arises.

Treat your kid like a darling for the first five years. For the next five years, scold them. By the time they turn sixteen, treat them like a friend. Your grown up children are your best friends.

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.

He who lives in our mind is near though he may actually be far away; but he who is not in our heart is far though he may really be nearby.

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.

Before you start some work, always ask yourself three questions - Why am I doing it, What the results might be and Will I be successful. Only when you think deeply and find satisfactory answers to these questions, go ahead.