Life is so very difficult. How can we be anything but kind.

He who is grateful doesn't suffer.

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.

When giving to others do not linger on thoughts of a giving, what was given, or the one who has received.

If desires are not uprooted, sorrows grow again in you.

I have passed in ignorance through a cycle of many rebirths, seeking the builder of the house. Continuous rebirth is a painful thing. But now, housebuilder, I have found you out. You will not build me a house again. All your rafters are broken, your ridge-pole shattered. My mind is free from active thought, and has made an end of craving.

Believe nothing because it is written in books. Believe nothing because wise men say it is so. Believe nothing because it is religious doctrine. Believe it only because you yourself know it to be true.