I will teach you the Truth and the Path leading to the Truth.

Those who really seek the path to Enlightenment dictate terms to their mind. Then they proceed with strong determination.

It came to me that I should teach this truth for it is real happiness and joy. The cessation of suffering is possible.

Don't believe a teaching just because you've heard it from a man who's supposed to be holy, or because it's contained in a book supposed to be holy, or because all your friends and neighbors believe it. But whatever you've observed and analyzed for yourself and found to be reasonable and good, then accept that and put it into practice.

You, as much as anyone in the universe, deserve your love and respect.

Do not believe what your teacher tells you merely out of respect for the teacher.

You can search throughout the entire universe for someone who is more deserving of your love and affection than you are yourself, and that person is not to be found anywhere. You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.