The wind cannot overturn a mountain. Temptation cannot touch the man Who is awake, strong and humble, Who masters hiself and minds the law.

The seeker is that which is being sought.

"All conditioned things are impermanent" - when one sees this with wisdom, one turns away from suffering.

There is nothing so disobedient as an undisciplined mind, and there is nothing so obedient as a disciplined mind.

Of all the worldly passions, lust is the most intense. All other worldly passions seem to follow in its train.

Neither my life of luxury in the palace -nor- my life as ascetic in the forest were ways to enlightenment.

A man traveling across a field encountered a tiger. He fled, the tiger after him. Coming to a precipice, he caught hold of the root of a wild vine and swung himself down over the edge. The tiger sniffed at him from above. Trembling, the man looked down to where, far below, another tiger was waiting to eat him. Only the vine sustained him. Two mice, one white and one black, little by little started to gnaw away the vine. The man saw a luscious strawberry near him. Grasping the vine with one hand, he plucked the strawberry with the other. How sweet it tasted!