As from a large heap of flowers many garlands and wreaths are made, so by a mortal in this life there is much good work to be done.

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

One way leads to acquisition, the other leads to nirvana. Realising this a monk should take no pleasure in the respect of others, but should devote himself to solitude.

Not merely by rules of conduct and religious observances, nor by much learning either, nor even by attainment of concentration, nor by sleeping alone, do I reach the happiness of freedom, to which no worldlings attain. If you have not put an end to compulsions, nurse your faith

Thoughtfulness is the way to deathlessness, thoughtlessness the way to death. The thoughtful do not die: the thoughtless are as if dead already.

This is deathless: the liberation of the mind through lack of clinging.

Inner freedom is not guided by our efforts; it comes from seeing what is true.