Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned. A good friend who points out mistakes and imperfections and rebukes evil is to be respected as if he reveals a secret of hidden treasure.

Care about your children. Just bless them instead of worrying, as every child is the little Buddha who helps his parents to grow up.

If there is a God, it is inconceivable that he would be concerned about my day to day affairs.

Look upon him who shows you your faults as a revealer of treasure: seek his company who checks and chides you, the sage who is wise in reproof: it fares well and not ill with him who seeks such company.

Do not overlook tiny good actions, thinking they are of no benefit; even tiny drops of water in the end will fill a huge vessel. Do not overlook negative actions merely because they are small; however small a spark may be, it can burn down a haystack as big as a mountain.

I will not look at another's bowl intent on finding fault: a training to be observed.

A fool acquires knowledge only to his own disadvantage. It destroys what good he has, and turns his brains.