Comparing oneself to others in such terms as "Just as I am so are they, just as they are so am I," he should neither kill nor cause others to kill.

Want what you have and you will always get what you want.

Generosity brings happiness at every stage of its expression. We experience joy in forming the intention to be generous. We experience joy in the actual act of giving something. And we experience joy in remembering the fact that we have given.

Just as a line drawn on water with a stick will quickly vanish and will not last long; even so, brahmins, is human life like a line drawn on water. It is short, limited, and brief; it is full of suffering. One should do good and live a pure life; for none who is born can escape death.

Care about your children. Just bless them instead of worrying, as every child is the little Buddha who helps his parents to grow up.

Believe only what you yourself test and judge to be true.

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