“One does what one is; one becomes what one does.”

“What one does in one's art, that is the breath of one's being. What one does in one's life, that is a bagatelle for the outsiders to fuss about.”

“Not by birth does one become an outcaste, not by birth does one become a brahman. By one's action one becomes an outcaste, by one's action one becomes a brahman.”

“What else does one obtain by realization of God? Does one grow two horns? No, the mind becomes pure, and through a pure mind one attains knowledge and awakening.”

“You see? In the fairy tales one does as one wants, and in reality one does what one can.”

“One can be the master of what one does, but never of what one feels.”

“One does simply what one can in order to apply what one knows.”

“Time is not measured by the passing of years but by what one does, what one feels, and what one achieves.”

“What one does is what counts. Not what one had the intention of doing.”

“What matters in politics above all, is not what one says, but what one does.”