First you should look after yourself and not be a burden. That is the first thing. If you are not able to help so many people, it doesn’t matter. But if you don’t do anything that is harmful, that is real help. If you can’t help a person, never mind. But don’t harm anybody. To harm is bad. But the very feeling that you have that you can’t help, itself is good. (CWBSSB, pp. 9-10)

First you must grapple with the fact that duty is God and start doing your duty. (CWBSSB, p. 11)

First, God is realised in form. Then He is seen everywhere in that form. Then God may be realised without form, since all form is impermanent. (CWBSSB, p. 80)

The first step in the Sadhana is the cleansing of the speech. Talk sweet without anger. Do not boast of your scholarship or attainments. Be humble, eager to serve; conserve your speech. Practise silence. That will save you from squabbles, frittering thoughts and factions. (SSS Vol.2, p. 38)