Suffering is wishing things were other than they are.

Flower and thorn are in the same stem.

He who causes suffering shall suffer. There is no escape.

Truth is always truth, untruth is always untruth. This is what matters, this is right desire.

The mind precedes all things, the mind dominates all things, the mind creates all things.

Because not even the least Dharma is there found or got at. Therefore is it called 'utmost, right and perfect enlightenment'. Self-identical is that Dharma and nothing is therein at variance. Therefore is it called 'utmost, right and perfect enlighten'

He who harms living beings is, for that reason, not an ariya (a Noble One); he who does not harm any living being is called an ariya.