Things are not what they appear to be: nor are they otherwise.

His success may be great, but be it ever so great the wheel of fortune may turn again and bring him down into the dust.

A generous heart, kind speech, & a life of service & compassion are the things which renew humanity.

All that we are is the result of what we have thought. If people speak or act with evil thoughts, pain follows them. If people speak or act with pure thoughts, happiness follows them, like a shadow that never leaves them.

If you determine your course With force or speed, You miss the way of the dharma. Quietly consider What is right and what is wrong. Receiving all opinions equally, Without haste, wisely, Observe the dharma.

Both formerly and now, it is only suffering that I describe, and the cessation of suffering.

I reached in experience the nirvana which is unborn, unrivalled, secure from attachment, undecaying and unstained. This condition is indeed reached by me which is deep, difficult to see, difficult to understand, tranquil, excellent, beyond the reach of mere logic, subtle, and to be realized only by the wise.