One may desire a spurious respect and precedence among one's fellow monks, and the veneration of outsiders. "Both monks and laity should think it was my doing. They should accept my authority in all matters great or small." This is a fool's way of thinking. His self-seeking and conceit just increase.

Never tell a lie. Anyone who can tell you the slightest of lies is also capable of any evil.

How does one practice mindfulness? Sit in meditation. Be aware of only your breath.

All that we are is the result of what we have thought; what we think we become.

A jug fills drop by drop.

I will teach you the Truth and the Path leading to the Truth.

Look not to the faults of others, nor to their omissions and commissions. But rather look to your own acts, to what you have done and left undone.