unified the Türkmen nation and the individual. Therefore our way is one of unity and integration.

The Türkmens need a centre of attraction that will hold them united in material and spiritual terms in the new age. It is only the state and its national principles that will meet this need.

Only one thing remains of the man, the tasks he accomplished. It is not the office we assume or the task we undertake, but the way we follow that matters.

It should be our main goal to leave a valuable memoir to future generations who will follow the Golden path we chose. We should work, live and produce in consideration of this aim.

The essence of the nation lies in its perception of the world.

All the material and spiritual wealth, language, religion, culture, state and society of the nation are founded on this essence. If this essence lacks, none of these can be properly established. For these do not depend on law, but rely upon their own course. An unguided course would bring about regression and dispersal.

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.

My way is the way of our essential qualities; it is the way where spiritual qualities become guiding principles.

Setting principles means holding things united without releasing them or just saying, “Go find your own way.”