Don't blindly believe what I say. Don't believe me because others convince you of my words. Don't believe anything you see, read, or hear from others, whether of authority, religious teachers or texts.

Mind is everything. What we think, we become.

I knew that most people never see this reality because they attach to the material aspect of the world. Illusions of self and other fill their vision. I also realized there are those with little dust limiting their vision.

Do not have as friends harmful people, the wise person does not associate with the worst of people. Have as friends virtuous people, the wise person associates with the best of people.

Whatever words we utter should be chosen with care for people will hear them and be influenced by them for good or ill.

Endurance is one of the most difficult disciplines but it is to the one who endures that the final victory comes.

It is better to conquer yourself than to win a thousand battles.