Meat is not agreeable to the wise: it has a nauseating odor, it causes a bad reputation, it is food for the carnivorous; I say this, Mahamati, it is not to be eaten.

In the end these things matter most: How well did you love? How fully did you live? How deeply did you let go?

Life is dear to all beings, they have the right to live the same that we do.

These teachings are like a raft, to be abandoned once you have crossed the flood. Since you should abandon even good states of mind generated by these teachings, How much more so should you abandon bad states of mind!

One who conquers himself is greater than another who conquers a thousand times a thousand on the battlefield.

Not even death can wipe out our good deeds

Following the Noble Path is like entering a dark room with a light in the hand; the darkness will all be cleared away, and the room will be filled with light.