Let all-embracing thoughts for all beings be yours.

A dog is not considered a good dog because he is a good barker. A man is not considered a good man because he is a good talker.

Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it. Do not believe in anything simply because it is spoken and rumored by many. Do not believe in anything simply because it is found written in your religious books. Do not believe in anything merely on the authority of your teachers and elders.

As the bee collects nectar and departs without injuring the flower, or its color or fragrance, so let the sage dwell on earth.

If a person does not harm any living being...and does not kill or cause others to kill - that person is a true spiritual practitioner

Long is the night to him who is awake; long is a mile to him who is tired; long is life to the foolish who do not know the true law.

I have the True Dharma Eye, the Marvelous Mind of Nirvana, the True Form of the Formless, and the Subtle Dharma Gate, independent of words and transmitted beyond doctrine. This I have entrusted to Mahakashyapa.