I do not perceive even one other thing, O monks, that when undeveloped and uncultivated entails such great suffering as the mind. The mind when undeveloped and uncultivated entails great suffering.

No one outside ourselves can rule us inwardly. When we know this, we become free.

As a bee without harming the flower, its colour or scent, flies away, collecting only the honey, even so should the sage wander in the village.

The grudge you hold on to is like a hot coal that you intend to throw at someone, only you're the one who gets burned.

Hatreds never cease by hatreds in this world. By love alone they cease. This is an ancient Law.

There are two things that we should avoid, oh disciple! A life of pleasures, that is low and vain. A life of mortification, that is useless and vain.

All rising to great places is by a winding stair.