One moment, ten thousand years. Ten thousand years, one moment.

If a man who enjoys a lesser happiness beholds a greater one, let him leave aside the lesser to gain the greater.

Wherever there is light, there is shadow; wherever there is length, there is shortness; wherever there is white, there is black. Just like these, as the self-nature of things can not exist alone, they are called non-substantial.

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

Like a beautiful flower that is colorful but has no fragrance, even well spoken words bear no fruit in one who does not put them into practice.

Even death is not to be feared by one who has lived wisely.

Things are not what they appear to be: nor are they otherwise.