People should never worship images. The spread of mental darkness is due to the prevalence of idolatry.

People should try to know God and imitate him in their works. Repetitions and ceremonials are of no use.

Beneficience removes evils, introduces the practice of virtue, and adds to general welfare and civilization.

The works of present life are more important that the whole and entire reliance on wholesale blind fate.

The commendable conduct of man is shown by his discriminate treatment of merits and sympathetic regard for pleasure and pain, profit and loss of others. The contrary course is reprehensible.

The greatest musical instrument given to a human being is the voice.