If you find someone with wisdom, good judgment, and good actions; make him a companion.

'As I am, so are these. As are these, so am I.' Drawing the parallel to yourself, neither kill nor get others to kill.

Those who act with few desires are calm, without worry or fear.

Times of luxury do not last long, but pass away very quickly; nothing in this world can be long enjoyed.

He whose longing has been aroused for the indescribable, whose mind has been quickened by it, and whose thought is not attached to sensuality is truly called one who is bound upstream.

It came to me that I should teach this truth for it is real happiness and joy. The cessation of suffering is possible.

One is not called noble who harms living beings. By not harming living beings one is called noble.