Free from passion and desire, you have stripped the thorns from the stem.

If you cannot find a good companion to walk with, walk alone, like an elephant roaming the jungle. It is better to be alone than to be with those who will hinder your progress.

Whatever a person frequently thinks and reflects on, that will become the inclination of their mind.

Pay no attention to the faults of others, things done or left undone by others. Consider only what by oneself is done or left undone.

In this world Hate never yet dispelled hate. Only love dispels hate. This is the law, Ancient and inexhaustible.

To force oneself to believe and to accept a thing without understanding is political, and not spiritual or intellectual.

Life is easy For the man who is without shame, Impudent as a crow, A vicious gossip, Vain, meddlesome, dissolute. But life is hard For the man who quietly undertakes The way of perfection, With purity, detachment and vigor. He sees light.