To eat meat is just a habit after we were born. In fact, we are not born to eat meat.

Our life is shaped by our mind; we become what we think.

The world is full of suffering. Birth is suffering, decre- pitude is suffering, sickness and death are sufferings. To face a man of hatred is suffering, to be separated from a beloved one is suffering, to be vainly struggling to satisfy one's needs is suffering. In fact, life that is not free from desire and passion is always involved with suffering.

If you truly loved yourself, you could never hurt another.

The method of trying to conquer hatred through hatred never succeeds in overcoming hatred. But, the method of overcoming hatred through non-hatred is eternally effective. That is why that method is described as eternal wisdom.

One who is unrestrained in life-delusion overcomes; as the wind a weak tree.

The fool is his own enemy. Seeking wealth, he destroys himself. Seek rather the other shore.