There is pleasure when a sore is scratched, But to be without sores is more pleasurable still. Just so, there are pleasures in worldly desires, But to be without desires is more pleasurable still.

Because there are no phenomena which are not dependent arisings, there are no phenomena which are not void.

That which arises dependent on something is not in the least that thing, neither is it different from it. Therefore, it is neither permanent or nothing.

Although you may spend your life killing, You will not exhaust all your foes. But if you quell your own anger, your real enemy will be slain.

A highly learned man has two sources of happiness: either he abandons all earthly interests, or else he possesses much which could be abandoned.

So, to praise others for their virtues - Can but encourage one's own efforts

The logs of wood which move down the river together Are driven apart by every wave. Such inevitable parting Should not be the cause of misery.