When one feels no shame in telling a deliberate lie, there is no evil, I tell you, he will not do.

In compassion lies the world's true strength.

Any material form, or thought, or feeling, past or present, should be regarded as, 'This is not mine, this is not what I am, this is not my self.'

Easy to do are things that are bad and harmful to oneself. But exceedingly difficult to do are things that are good and beneficial.

Maintain a state of balance between physical acts and inner serenity,like a lute whose strings are finely tuned.

Whatever a monk keeps pursuing with his thinking and pondering, that becomes the inclination of his awareness.

Cut down the forest, not just a tree. Out of the forest of desire springs danger. By cutting down both the forest of desire and the brushwood of longing, be rid of the forest, bhikkhus.