Do not have as friends harmful people, the wise person does not associate with the worst of people. Have as friends virtuous people, the wise person associates with the best of people.

Cut down the forest, not just a tree. Out of the forest of desire springs danger. By cutting down both the forest of desire and the brushwood of longing, be rid of the forest, bhikkhus.

If you want to know the past, look at your present. If you want to know the future, look at your present.

Form is emptiness, emptiness is form

Live happily, not hating even those who are hostile. Live peacefully even amongst those that hate.

Life at home is cramped and dirty, it is difficult to live a spiritual life completely, perfect and pure in all its parts while cabinned.

You are your own master, you make your own future. Therefore discipline yourself as a horse-dealer trains a thoroughbred