For, owners of their deeds (karma) are the beings, heirs of their deeds; their deeds are the womb from which they sprang; with their deeds they are bound up; their deeds are their refuge. Whatever deeds they do-good or evil-of such they will be the heirs. And wherever the beings spring into existence, there their deeds will ripen; and wherever their deeds ripen, there they will earn the fruits of those deeds, be it in this life, or be it in the next life, or be it in any other future life.

Dharma is not upheld by talking about it. Dharma is upheld by living in harmony with it.

Words do not express thoughts very well; every thing immediately becomes a little different, a little distorted, a little foolish. And yet it also pleases me and seems right that what is of value and wisdom of one man seems nonsense to another.

Sound health is the greatest of gifts; contentedness, the greatest of riches; trust, the greatest of qualities.

It is the fool who is haunted by fears, dread of dangers, oppression of mind, not the wise man.

'I've got children', 'I've got wealth.' This is the way a fool brings suffering on himself. He does not even own himself, so how can he have children or wealth?

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.