The ignorant man is an ox. He grows in size, not in wisdom.

He whose longing has been aroused for the indescribable, whose mind has been quickened by it, and whose thought is not attached to sensuality is truly called one who is bound upstream.

From craving arises sorrow, from craving arises fear, but he who is freed from craving has no sorrow and certainly no fear.

If the traveler cannot find master or friend to go with him, let him travel alone rather than with a fool for company.

If you don't disturb yourself, like a broken gong does not vibrate, then you have achieved nirvana. Irritability no longer exists for you.

Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it. But after observation and analysis, when you find that anything agrees with reason and is conducive to the good and benefit of one and all, then accept it and live up to it.

There is a way to be purified, to overcome sorrows and grief, to release suffering, to secure the right path to realize nirvana. This is to be mindful.