The wise have mastered body, word, and mind. They are the true masters.

Be a lamp to yourself. Be your own confidence. Hold on to the truth within yourself as to the only truth.

I call wise man who, while he is innocent , endures insults and blows with a patience equal to its strength.

There has to be evil so that good can prove its purity above it.

Just as a line drawn on water with a stick will quickly vanish and will not last long; even so, brahmins, is human life like a line drawn on water. It is short, limited, and brief; it is full of suffering. One should do good and live a pure life; for none who is born can escape death.

This is my child, this is my wealth: such thoughts are the preoccupations of fools. If we are unable to own even ourselves, why make such claims?

There's a treasury full of jade and jewels; It is in you. Don't go searching far from home for it-it's here.