Joy and openness come from our own contented heart.

You must use the hook of precepts to quickly remove it.

As you travel though life, offer good wishes to each being you meet.

Don't indulge in careless behaviour. Don't be the friend of sensual pleasures. He who meditates attentively attains abundant joy.

Our theories of the eternal are as valuable as are those which a chick which has not broken its way through its shell might form of the outside world.

Let no person think lightly of good, saying in his or her heart, "it will not benefit me." As by the falling of raindrops a jar of water is filled, so the wise person becomes full of good, even though he or she collects it little by little.

Whatsoever, after due examination and analysis, you find to be kind, conducive to the good, the benefit, the welfare of all beings...that doctrine believe and cling to, and take it as your guide.