To conquer oneself is a greater task than conquering others.

The fool thinks he has won a battle when he bullies with harsh speech, but knowing how to be forbearing alone makes one victorious.

Your purpose in life is to find your purpose and give your whole heart and soul to it

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.

One is not low because of birth nor does birth make one holy. Deeds alone make one low, deeds alone make one holy.

Through one all are known, through one all are also seen

A virtuous man or woman who is determined to develop the Supreme Enlightened Mind, should thus develop it: I have to lead all living beings to put a stop to (reincarnation) and escape (suffering), and when they have been so led, not one of them in fact stops (reincarnating) or escapes suffering. Why? Because, if a Bodhisattva believes in the notion of an ego, a personality, or a living being, he is not a true Bodhisattva.