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.

A thing may be dreaded as long as it has not overtaken you.

Wealth, a friend, a wife, and a kingdom may be regained; but this body when lost may never be acquired again.

He who shall practice these twenty virtues shall become invincible in all his undertakings.

In trans-border relations, there are no permanent friends or permanent enemies or even permanent borders. There are only permanent interests and everything should be done to secure these interests.

Considersing the forebearance of a person, Do not harass him.

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.