Explore the River of the Soul; whence or in what order you have come.

With an open mind, seek and listen to all the highest ideals. Consider the most enlightened thoughts. Then choose your path, person by person, each for oneself.

Your good thoughts, good words and good deeds alone will be your intercessors. Nothing more will be wanted. They alone will serve you as a safe pilot to the harbour of Heaven, as a safe guide to the gates of paradise.

Do not hold grain waiting for higher prices when people are hungry.

Doing good to others is not a duty. It is a joy, for it increases your own health and happiness.

War and courage have done more great things than charity. Not your sympathy, but your bravery has saved the unfotunate.

Do not lose joy in life as you grow old in years. Let not your 'joie de vivre be crushed under the weight of years.