Health, contentment, and trust are your greatest possessions. And freedom your greatest joy.

After 48 years, I have said nothing.

Just as you have come to know, the false discrimination of yourself, apply this mentally to all phenomena

I have passed in ignorance through a cycle of many rebirths, seeking the builder of the house. Continuous rebirth is a painful thing. But now, housebuilder, I have found you out. You will not build me a house again. All your rafters are broken, your ridge-pole shattered. My mind is free from active thought, and has made an end of craving.

Everything that happens to us is the result of what we ourselves have thought, said, or done.We alone are responsible for our lives.

Therefore, be ye lamps unto yourselves, be ye a refuge to yourselves. Hold fast to the truth as a lamp; hold fast as a refuge to the truth. Look not for refuge to anyone besides yourselves.

Following the Noble Path is like entering a dark room with a light in the hand; the darkness will all be cleared away, and the room will be filled with light.