Just as one can make a lot of garlands from a heap of flowers, so man, subject to birth and death as he is, should make himself a lot of good karma.

When watching after yourself, you watch after others. When watching after others, you watch after yourself.

As the fletcher whittles and makes straight his arrows, so the master directs his straying thoughts.

He who walks in the company of fools suffers much. Company with fools, as with an enemy, is always painful. Company with the wise is pleasure, like meeting with kinfolk.

I consider the positions of kings and rulers as that of dust motes. I observe treasures of gold and gems as so many bricks and pebbles. I look upon the finest silken robes as tattered rags. I see myriad worlds of the universe as small seeds of fruit, and the greatest lake on Earth as a drop of oil on my foot.

To cease from evil, to do good, and to purify the mind yourself, this is the teaching of all the Buddhas.

Teach you? I cannot teach you. Go; experience for yourself