Whatever a person frequently thinks and reflects on, that will become the inclination of their mind.

It is within this fathoms-long carcass, with its mind and its notions, that I declare there is the world, the origin of the world, the cessation of the world and the path leading to the cessation of the world.

Develop a mind that is vast like space, where experiences both pleasant and unpleasant can appear and disappear without conflict, struggle or harm. Rest in a mind like vast sky.

Peace comes from within; do not try to seek it without.

Do not look for a sanctuary in anyone except your self.

The fool is his own enemy. Seeking wealth, he destroys himself. Seek rather the other shore.

The recollected go forth to lives of renunciation. They take no pleasure in a fixed abode. Like wild swans abandoning a pool, they leave one resting place after another.