Ruhnama should be a source of power and striving to reach the targets of  Türkmen’s Golden Age. The real Türkmen cannot treat himself badly and does not forget who he is and his real duties towards his own people. The Türkmen’s outlook cannot be separated from his inner life. Indeed, the Türkmen should be able to keep the delicate balance between the material judgement of his body and his spirit.

Ruhnama should be a source of power that will keep hearts alert, of intellect, and suitable spirit, and the poetic soul of those real Türkmens who are concerned with their own spiritual world and also their spiritual and physical development.

(22.)

Ruhnama is the book of unity and togetherness. It is the only source that will connect Türkmen’s present and its past. Up until now, there were a number of words, special words, but not a whole word. Ruhnama should fill this gap. Ruhnama should place in the hands of Türkmens their unique and whole history, and spiritual striving. My philosophy is unity and togetherness. For in the absence of unity and togetherness, there is no nation. If it happens by accident, it does not last long. Spiritual multiplicity, different mental perspectives, and different voices of the soul have been built upon this unity. The unity and togetherness inside becomes the pillars that keeps the nation together.

(22.)

My Citizens! The Türkmen of today and tomorrow should know himself. He should know his weakness and his strength, through and through! The doctor who knows the problem can easily solve it. The people who can judge their problems can avoid the problems! Ruhnama is the Türkmen’s book about himself.

Ruhnama is not only our book! Ruhnama is also the book of our brothers and other nations that rejoice at our happiness and are proud of our successes and with whom we are together creating our Golden Age in these lands.

Ruhnama is also the book of our near and far brothers and neighbours. You become friends after you get to know someone. The foreigners who read Ruhnama will know us better, became our friends faster, and the far and the foreign becomes closer to us on our path to being accepted in the world.

(25.)

In “Ruhnama” the Türkmen people’s historical consciousness, matured over thousands of years, and their moral power and strength are drawn together.

“Ruhnama” is a ship. This ship is chartered to bear the news of the past to the future over the vast sea of Türkmen history.

Ruhnama is a courier. This courier transmits the past’s secret and necessary news to the future.

Therefore, I say:

If the spirit of Türkmen is the universe then “Ruhnama” cannot replace or fully represent it. At least this is impossible in terms of its breadth.

Nevertheless, “Ruhnama” must be the centre of this universe. In this universe, all the current and the future cosmic matters should go on spinning, in Ruhnama’s attraction, centripetal force and orbits.

(68-69.)

Ruhnama is a book which will awaken our nation’s capacity for moral productivity and will make them the most industrious. In this historic task, it will be the unseen moral catalyst of great material advancement. In this, the power which is our helper is our pride in our past and our respect for our future.

The philosophy of the Ruhnama is the basis of this honour and respect; the emotional aspects of Ruhnama are the essence of this honour and respect.   

(75.)

Ruhnama is a new worldview in the sense that it is a spirit that stimulates nature, society, and people to work. Without a spirit, it is impossible to speak of life; spirit is the source of life.

(160.)

The Ruhnama brings the national perception into a system and organization. From now on, the national future of the Türkmens will be completely guaranteed in practice.

(401.)

Ruhnama is our way! Every Türkmen will know himself after reading Ruhnama. Peoples of our other nations who read the Ruhnama will understand and know the Türkmen!

(405.)