A man should first direct himself in the way he should go. Only then should he instruct others.

A man may conquer a million men in battle but one who conquers himself is, indeed, the greatest of conquerors.

Flower and thorn are in the same stem.

(They) were responsible for spreading the Buddhist religion throughout India and East Asia.

Live contemplating the body. Contemplate internally and externally. Contemplate the origination of things in the body. Contemplate the dissolution of things in the body.

Live like a mighty river.

But if you do not find an intelligent companion, a wise and well-behaved person going the same way as yourself, then go on your way alone, like a king abandoning a conquered kingdom, or like a great elephant in the deep forest.