Neither in the sky nor in mid-ocean, nor by entering into mountain clefts, nowhere in the world is there a place where one may escape from the results of evil deeds.

I do not perceive even one other thing, O monks, that when undeveloped and uncultivated entails such great suffering as the mind. The mind when undeveloped and uncultivated entails great suffering.

If one man kills a hundred men, and another man masters himself, the second man is the much greater warrior.

Besides the respect of the lives of human beings, all the animals and plants should be on the list too. That is the real humanitarianism.

To cease from evil, to do good, and to purify the mind yourself, this is the teaching of all the Buddhas.

All human unhappiness comes from not facing reality squarely, exactly as it is.

You yourself must make an effort. Buddhas are only show the way. The thoughtful who enter the way are freed from the bondage of defilements.