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

Dignity and quiet joy in all that we do are the expression of perfect concentration and perfect wisdom.

Just as a candle cannot burn without fire, men cannot live without a spiritual life.

All human unhappiness comes from not facing reality squarely, exactly as it is.

The world is continuous flux and is impermanent.

The wise say that it is not an iron, wooden or fiber fetter which is a strong one, but the besotted hankering after trinkets, children and wives, that, say the wise, is the strong fetter. It drags one down, and loose as it feels, it is hard to break. Breaking this fetter, people renounce the world, free from longing and abandoning sensuality.

Easy to do are things that are bad and harmful to oneself. But exceedingly difficult to do are things that are good and beneficial.