1. For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction.
2. Knowledge proceeds from the known to the unknown. This is the basic law of learning.
3. Yesterday’s miracles are today’s science and today’s miracles will be tomorrow’s science.
4. Reality: Objects continue to exist whether or not we think about them.
5. You sow an action and reap a habit. You sow a habit and reap a character. You sow a character and reap your culture. You sow your culture and reap your destiny.
6. As are the experiences, so is the life.
7. You are what you are because of the indwelling personality determined by the nature of your mind and the intellect.
8. Change or perish is the law of nature.
9. The world is cruel only to be kind.
10. Ignorance manifests in three different stages: Lack of information, lack of understanding and lack of experience
11. The law of life proclaims that none can remain, even for a moment, without performing activity. Even the maintenance of your body will be impaired by inaction.
12. Desires are like bacteria.
13. Fear and love are the only two true emotions of nature.
14. Love is the law.
15. Everybody is born with a unique talent. Search for it and respect it.
16. The Universe is the macrocosm, man is the microcosm” (Return of the Rishi, p. 113).

There’s an ancient saying in Ayurveda: “As is the atom, so is the Universe. As is the microcosm, so is the macrocosm. As is the human body, so is the cosmic body. As is the human mind, so is the cosmic mind.”

(Disclaimer: The views expressed in this write up are my own).