Words do not express thoughts very well; every thing immediately becomes a little different, a little distorted, a little foolish. And yet it also pleases me and seems right that what is of value and wisdom of one man seems nonsense to another.

Your actions are your only true belongings.

For those who are ready the door to the deathless state is open. If you have ears give up the conditions that bind you and enter in.

A dog is not considered a good dog because he is a good barker. A man is not considered a good man because he is a good talker.

One should not kill a living being, nor cause it to be killed, nor should one incite another to kill. Do not injure any being, either strong or weak, in the world.

Wherever there is possession of marks, there is fraud ; wherever there is no-possession of no-marks, there is no fraud. Hence the Tathagata is to be seen from no-marks as marks.

Through zeal, knowledge is gotten; through lack of zeal, knowledge is lost.