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.

The shallow is easy to embrace, but the profound is difficult. To discard the shallow and seek the profound is the way of a person of courage.

Your worst enemy is your best teacher.

Sometime, somewhere you take something to be the truth. But if you cling to it too strongly, then even when the truth comes in person and knocks on your door, you will not open it.

And more importantly - what we have chosen to do

Keeping away for all evil deeds, cultivation of life by doing good deeds and purification of mind from mental impunities.

To insist on a spiritual practice that served you in the past is to carry the raft on your back after you have crossed the river.