With his mind free from the inflow of thoughts and from restlessness, by abandoning both good and evil, an alert man knows no fear.

But when one masters this wretched desire, which is so hard to overcome, then one's sorrows just drop off, like a drop of water off a lotus.

To be idle is a short road to death and to be diligent is a way of life; foolish people are idle, wise people are diligent.

It is within this fathoms-long carcass, with its mind and its notions, that I declare there is the world, the origin of the world, the cessation of the world and the path leading to the cessation of the world.

Your actions are your only true belongings.

In protecting oneself, others are protected; In protecting others, oneself is protected.

An evil deed, like fresh milk, does not go bad suddenly. Smouldering, like fire covered by ashes, the evil deed follows the fool.