You will not be punished for your anger, you will be punished by your anger... Let a man overcome anger by love.

So in this case, Kalamas, don't go by reports, by legends, by traditions, by scripture, by logical conjecture, by inference, by analogies, by agreement through pondering views, by probability, or by the thought, 'This contemplative is our teacher.' When you know for yourselves that, 'These qualities are unskillful; these qualities are blameworthy; these qualities are criticized by the wise; these qualities, when adopted & carried out, lead to harm & to suffering' - then you should abandon them.

Wakefulness is the way to life. The fool sleeps As if he were already dead, But the master is awake And he lives forever.

Never in this world can hatred be stilled by hatred; it will be stifled by non-hatred - this is the law Eternal.

By three things the wise person may be known. What three? He sees a shortcoming as it is. When he sees it, he tries to correct it. And when another acknowledges a shortcoming, the wise one forgives it as he should.

After 48 years, I have said nothing.

You can search the world over and you will find no one who is more deserving of your kindness and well wishing than you yourself.