Both formerly and now, it is only suffering that I describe, and the cessation of suffering.

Well-makers lead the water (wherever they like) ; fletchers bend the arrow ; carpenters bend a log of wood ; wise people fashion themselves.

As a bee without harming the flower, its colour or scent, flies away, collecting only the honey, even so should the sage wander in the village.

Whatever a person frequently thinks and reflects on, that will become the inclination of their mind.

When phenomena are individually analyzed as selfless, and what has been analyzed is meditated upon, that is the cause for attaining the fruit, nirvana. One does not go to peace through any other cause

Flower and thorn are in the same stem.

Do not learn how to react. Learn how to respond.