There is pleasure And there is bliss. Forgo the first to possess the second. If you are happy At the expense of another man's happiness, You are forever bound.

How long the night to the watchman, How long the road to the weary traveller, How long the wandering of many lives To the fool who misses the way.

A dog is not considered a good dog because he is a good barker. A man is not considered a good man because he is a good talker.

Now this, monks, is the noble truth of suffering: birth is suffering, aging is suffering, illness is suffering, death is suffering; union with what is displeasing is suffering; seperation from what is pleasing is suffering... in brief, the five aggregates subject to clinging are suffering.

All composite things pass away. Strive for your own liberation with diligence.

You can search the world over and you will find no one who is more deserving of your kindness and well wishing than you yourself.

If a man lives a pure life, nothing can destroy him.