Neither my life of luxury in the palace -nor- my life as ascetic in the forest were ways to enlightenment.

As long as one feels that he is the doer, he cannot escape from the wheel of births.

Follow the way of virtue. Follow the way joyfully through this world and on beyond.

On a long journey of human life, faith is the best of companions; it is the best refreshment on the journey; and it is the greatest property.

Do not be thoughtless, always be mindful, watch your thoughts! Draw yourself out of the path of evil, like an elephant sunk in mud.

Believe nothing, O monks, just because you have been told it, or it is commonly believed, or because it is traditional or because you yourselves have imagined it. Do not believe what your teacher tells you merely out of respect for the teacher. But whatsoever, after due examination and analysis, you find to be conducive to the good, the benefit, the welfare of all beings - that doctrine believe and cling to and take as your guide.

If with an impure mind a person speaks or acts suffering follows him like the wheel that follows the foot of the ox.