The greatest impurity is ignorance. Free yourself from it. Be pure.

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.

I do not believe in a fate that falls on men however they act; but I do believe in a fate that falls on them unless they act.

All compounded things are subject to decay. Strive with diligence!

The tongue like a sharp knife ... Kills without drawing blood.

Be it known that Men of dull faculties and slight wisdom, They who cling proudly to signs, Cannot believe in this Dharma. Now I, joyfully and fearlessly, In the midst of the bodhisattvas Frankly casting aside my expedient devices, Merely preach the Unexcelled Path.

Wakefulness is the way to life. The fool sleeps As if he were already dead, But the master is awake And he lives forever.