What good is a cow that neither gives milk nor conceives? Similarly, what is the value of the birth of a son if he becomes neither learned nor a pure devotee of the Lord?

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.

Virtuous persons and fruit-laden trees bow, but fools and dry sticks break because they do not bend.

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

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.

He who is prepared for the future and he who deals cleverly with any situation that may arise are both happy; but the fatalistic man who wholly depends on luck is ruined.

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