Chase after money and security and your heart will never unclench.

A victor only breeds hatred, while a defeated man lives in misery, but a man at peace within lives happily, abandoning up ideas of victory and defeat.

You must take action yourself, for Buddhas only teach the way.

An evil deed, like fresh milk, does not go bad suddenly. Smouldering, like fire covered by ashes, the evil deed follows the fool.

The glorious chariots of kings wear out, and the body wears out and grows old; but the virtue of the good never grows old.

Just as the bee takes the nectar and leaves without damaging the color or scent of the flowers, so should the sage act in a village.

One is not a great one because one defeats or harms other living beings. One is so called because one refrains from defeating or harming other living beings.