Ye must leave righteous ways behind, not to speak of unrighteous ways.

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

Those who really seek the path to Enlightenment dictate terms to their mind. Then they proceed with strong determination.

Do not have as friends harmful people, the wise person does not associate with the worst of people. Have as friends virtuous people, the wise person associates with the best of people.

Those which are produced from causes are not produced. they do not have an inherent nature of production. those which depend on causes are said to be empty; those who know emptiness are aware.

There are two obstacles to enlightenment: 1. Thinking you know. 2 Thinking you don't know.

We are the same as plants, as trees, as other people, as the rain that falls. We consist of that which is around us, we are the same as everything.