Better than a thousand hollow words Is one word that brings peace. Better than a thousand hollow verses Is one verse that brings peace. Better than a hundred hollow lines Is one line of the dharma, bringing peace. It is better to conquer yourself Than to win a thousand battles. Then the victory is yours. It cannot be taken from you, Not by angels or by demons, Heaven or hell.

Ye must leave righteous ways behind, not to speak of unrighteous ways.

He who walks in the company of fools suffers much. Company with fools, as with an enemy, is always painful. Company with the wise is pleasure, like meeting with kinfolk.

Within this moment, the only moment that exists, the past, present and future are contained.

A raft needed to cross the river is discarded when the other shore is reached, not carried about on one's head.

Whatever an enemy might do to an enemy, or a foe to a foe, the ill-directed mind can do to you even worse.

There are having flowers in Spring, breezes in Summer, moon in Autumn, snows in Winter. If there is nothing worrying over you, it will be the best seasons at all times.