To be selfish, greedy and unwilling to help the needy gives rise to future starvation and clothlessness.

But when one masters this wretched desire, which is so hard to overcome, then one's sorrows just drop off, like a drop of water off a lotus.

Change is never painful, only the resistance to change is painful

Do not accept anything simply because it has been said by your teacher, or because it has been written in your sacred books, or because it has been believed by many, or because it has been handed down by your ancestors. Accept and live only according to what will enable you to see truth face to face.

The worlds originate so that truth may come and dwell therein.

Nothing ever exists entirely alone; everything is in relation to everythiong else.

Those who are ashamed of what they ought not to be ashamed; and are not ashamed of what they ought to be - such men, embracing erroneous views, enter the woeful path.