"I have created the Ruhnama for the people, so they can understand me, so they can understand their country, so they can understand themselves."

"I have ordered the construction of a giant statue of my mother in Ashgabat."

"I have decided that all the trees in the country should be fruit trees. It is for our food security."

"The Ruhnama is the spiritual guide for the Turkmen people. It is our constitution, our religion, our history."

"I have ordered that all the children in the country be given a copy of the Ruhnama. It is for their future."