From craving arises sorrow, from craving arises fear, but he who is freed from craving has no sorrow and certainly no fear.

Do not be thoughtless, always be mindful, watch your thoughts! Draw yourself out of the path of evil, like an elephant sunk in mud.

Crying with the wise is better than laughing with the fool.

Let them not do the slightest thing that the wise would later reprove.

Do not think lightly of good, that nothing will come of it. A whole water pot will fill up from dripping drops of water.

Dependent Origination is the teaching (that life) is not the mere play of blind chance, but has an existence that is dependent upon conditions. That, precisely with the removal of these conditions, those things that have arisen in dependence upon them-thus also all suffering-must perforce disappear and cease to be.

Do not carry with you your mistakes. Do not carry your cares. Travel on alone. Like an elephant in the forest.