"A man should never act out of greed or fear."

"You are what you believe in. You become that which you believe you can become."

"Anger must be conquered by forgiveness; and the wicked must be conquered by honesty; the miser must be conquered by liberality, and falsehood must be conquered by truth."

"To abstain from speaking is regarded as very difficult. It is not possible to say much that is valuable and striking."

"Be steadfast in yoga, O Arjuna. Perform your duty and abandon all attachments to success or failure. Such evenness of mind is called yoga."

"Man is made by his belief. As he believes, so he is."

"That person who gives unto all creatures the assurance of harmlessness obtains the merit of all sacrifices and at last wins fearlessness for himself as his reward. There is no duty superior to the duty of abstention from injuring other creatures. He of whom, O great ascetic, no creature is frightened in the least, obtains for himself fearlessness of all creatures. He of whom everybody is frightened as one is of a snake ensconced within one's (sleeping) chamber, never acquires any merit in this world or in the next."

"Even the worst of villains has a story that perhaps explains their actions, without condoning them."

"When the Gods deal defeat to a person, they first take his mind away, so that he sees things wrongly."

"Twice blessed be the man that reflects long before he acts. One that reflects long before he acts is certainly possessed of great intelligence. Such a man never offends in respect of any act."

"The intoxication with power is worse than drunkenness with liquor and such, for he who is drunk with power does not come to his senses before he falls."

"Mighty brawn is no match for a nimble brain."

"The greatest virtue is to bear insult without resentment."

"A person can rise through the efforts of his own mind; or draw himself down, in the same manner."

"Just as the track of birds that cleave the air Is not discovered, nor yet the path of fish That skim the water, so the course of those Who do good actions is not always seen."

"Cleverness does not always lead to gain nor stupidity to poverty."

"Anger clouds reason and leads to destruction."

"The tiger dies without the forest, and similarly the forest is cut down without the tiger. The tiger should protect the forest, and the forest should defend the tiger."

"To save a family, abandon a man; to save the village, abandon a family; to save the country, abandon a village; to save the soul, abandon the earth."

"Whatever fruits one enjoys by penances, by sacrifices, by practising liberality, by speaking the truth, and by paying court to wisdom, may all be had by practising the duty of harmlessness."