The fragrance of flowers spreads only in the direction of the wind. But the goodness of a person spreads in all direction.

Do not be very upright in your dealings for you would see by going to the forest that straight trees are cut down while crooked ones are left standing.

It is better to die than to preserve this life by incurring disgrace. The loss of life causes but a moment’s grief, but disgrace brings grief every day of one’s life.

The biggest guru-mantra is: never share your secrets with anybody. It will destroy you.

Books are as useful to a stupid person as a mirror is useful to a blind person.

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

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.

A man is great by deeds, not by birth.

God is not present in idols. Your feelings are your god. The soul is your temple.

Do not reveal what you have thought upon doing, but by wise counsel keep it secret being determined to carry it into execution.

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.

Even if a snake is not poisonous, it should pretend to be venomous.

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

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

The one excellent thing that can be learned from a lion is that whatever a man intends doing should be done by him with a whole-hearted and strenuous effort.

Test a servant while in the discharge of his duty, a relative in difficulty, a friend in adversity, and a wife in misfortune.

Once you start working on something, don’t be afraid of failure and don’t abandon it. People who work sincerely are the happiest.

Learn from the mistakes of others. You can’t live long enough to make them all yourselves.

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

Purity of speech, of the mind, of the senses, and of a compassionate heart are needed by one who desires to rise to the divine platform.

The life of an uneducated man is as useless as the tail of a dog which neither covers its rear end, nor protects it from the bites of insects.

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

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.