Wisdom makes light the darkness of ignorance.

Though thousand times a thousand in battle one may conquer, yet should one conquer just oneself, one is the greatest conqueror.

Let your mind become clear like a still forest pool.

You yourself must earnestly practice, the enlightened ones only proclaim the path.

The fool is his own enemy. Seeking wealth, he destroys himself. Seek rather the other shore.

In the same way that rain breaks into a house with a bad roof, desire breaks into the mind that has not been practising meditation.

As a bee without harming the flower, its colour or scent, flies away, collecting only the honey, even so should the sage wander in the village.