
New things have to be learned, have to be introduced and worked out, but is that to be done by sweeping away all that is old, just because it is old?ģ5. Even the least work done for others awakens the power within.ģ4. Salvation is not achieved by inactivity but by spiritual activities.ģ3. Activity is life and inactivity is death.ģ2. Tell the man his defaults directly but praise his virtues before others.ģ1. Let the heart be opened first, and all else will follow of itself.ģ0. We want the education by which character is formed, strength of mind is increased, the intellect is expanded, and by which one can stand on one's own feet.Ģ9.

Never are the wants of a beggar fulfilled.Ģ8. When even man never hears the cries of the fool, do you think God will?Ģ7. Man steals and man tells a lie, and again it is man that becomes the god.Ģ5. The cow never tells a lie, and the stone never steals, but, nevertheless, the cow remains a cow and the stone remains a stone. Never mind if your contribution is only a mite, your help only a little, blades of grass united into a rope will hold in confinement the maddest of elephants.Ģ4. If you can't attain salvation in this life, what proof is there that you can attain it in the life or lives to come?Ģ3. If one is a slave to his passions and desires, one cannot feel the pure joy of real freedom.Ģ2. Happiness presents itself before man, wearing the crown of sorrow on its head.Ģ1.

If you want to do anything evil, do it before the eyes of your superiors.Ģ0. That part of the Vedas which agrees with reason is the Vedas, and nothing else.ġ9. Proof that we can attain perfection in any other life.ġ8. If it is impossible to attain perfection here and now, there is no God has become man, man will become god again.ġ7. Everything can be sacrificed for truth, but truth can't be sacrificed for anything.ġ6. If you love God's creation more than God, you will be disillusioned.ġ5. Better the scolding of the wise than the adulation of the fools.ġ4. Do not wait to cross the river when the water has all run down.ġ3. In this short life there is no time for the exchange of compliments.ġ1. Every man who thinks ahead of his time is sure to be misunderstood.ġ0. Renunciation is the withdrawal of mind from other things andĩ. Every new thought must create opposition.Ĩ. The secret of life is not enjoyment, but education through experience.ħ. There is no misery where there is no want.Ħ. Means dispassion for the world and also longing for God.ĥ. Renunciation does not mean simply dispassion for the world. Religion is not a theoretical need but a practical necessity.Ĥ. A man of intellect can turn into a devil, but never a man of heart.ģ.

When there is a conflict between the heart and the brain, let the heart be followed.Ģ.
