Let yourself be open and life will be easier. A spoon of salt in a glass of water makes the water undrinkable. A spoon of salt in a lake is almost unnoticed.

As a bee gathering nectar does not harm or disturb the color & fragrance of the flower; so do the wise move through the world.

If by leaving a small pleasure one sees a great pleasure, let a wise man leave the small pleasure, and look to the great.

If a person does not harm any living being...and does not kill or cause others to kill - that person is a true spiritual practitioner

As solid rock remains unmoved by the wind, so the wise remain unmoved by blame and praise.

Death carries off a man busy picking flowers with an besotted mind, like a great flood does a sleeping village.

Beings are owners of their actions, heirs of their actions; they originate from their actions, are bound to their actions, have their actions as their refuge. It is action that distinguishes beings as inferior and superior.