One is not a great one because one defeats or harms other living beings. One is so called because one refrains from defeating or harming other living beings.

By defilement of mind, beings are defiled; by purification of mind, beings are purified.

The ignorant man is an ox. He grows in size, not in wisdom.

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.

Besides the respect of the lives of human beings, all the animals and plants should be on the list too. That is the real humanitarianism.

I am the owner of my actions, heir to my actions, born of my actions, related through my actions, and have my actions as my arbitrator. Whatever I do, for good or for evil, to that I will fall heir.

Joy comes not through possession or ownership but through a wise and loving heart.