Do not believe anything on the mere authority of teachers or priests. Accept as true and as the guide to your life only that which accords with your own reason and experience, after thorough investigation. Accept only that which contributes to the well-being of yourself and others.

The greatest victory is the one over oneself.

If you find someone with wisdom, good judgment, and good actions; make him a companion.

Like a fine flower, beautiful to look at but without scent, fine words are fruitless in a man who does not act in accordance with them.

Just as a line drawn on water with a stick will quickly vanish and will not last long; even so, brahmins, is human life like a line drawn on water. It is short, limited, and brief; it is full of suffering. One should do good and live a pure life; for none who is born can escape death.

Let us live in joy, never falling sick like those who hate us. Let us live in freedom, without hatred even among those who hate.

Love the whole world as a mother loves her only child.