Karma grows from our hearts. Karma terminates from our hearts.

Do not be thoughtless, always be mindful, watch your thoughts! Draw yourself out of the path of evil, like an elephant sunk in mud.

Realizing the doctrine of dependent-arising, the wise do not at all partake of extreme views

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

Wherever there is possession of marks, there is fraud ; wherever there is no-possession of no-marks, there is no fraud. Hence the Tathagata is to be seen from no-marks as marks.

One act of pure love in saving life is greater than spending the whole of one's time in religious offerings to the gods . . .

Evil-doers who denounce the wise resemble a person who spits against the sky; the spittle will never reach the sky, but comes down on himself. Evil-doers again resemble a man who stirs the dust against the wind; the dust is never raised without doing him injury. Thus, the wise will never be hurt, but the curse is sure to destroy the evil-doers themselves.