I am now giving you some selected jewels, maxims of conduct, that are
very important. Collect and treasure them well:
Let Love be considered the very breath of your life.
Believe that there is nothing greater than Truth, nothing more
precious, nothing sweeter and nothing more lasting. Be always
on the alert against the four sins that the tongue is prone to
commit - Speaking falsehood, Speaking ill of others, Backbiting and
Talking too much. It is best to attempt to control these
tendencies. One must be always very vigilant, without a
moment's carelessness against the eight sins that the mind
perpetrates - Craving, Anger, Greed, Attachment, Impatience, Hatred,
Egoism and Pride. Your primary duty is to keep all these
things at a safe distance, free from yourself.
- 'Sandeha
Nivarini' by Baba.