He who, seeking his own happiness, punishes or kills beings who also long for happiness, will not find happiness after his death.

Truths cannot be acquired from words out of other people's mouths. Before Truths can be internalized, they must come from one's own realizations and practices. Through a lifetime of personal practice, human beings are capable of revealing all of the secrets of the cosmic essence. You are your own best judge.

You yourself must strive. The Buddhas only point the way.

If you are tossed about by doubts, full of strong thoughtless passions, and yearning only for that which is detrimental, your thirst will grow stronger and stronger, unquenched, and your pain will grow with your defilements.

To master the pride of defiant selfhood, that in truth is the highest bliss.

Goodwill toward all beings is the true religion; cherish in your hearts boundless goodwill to all that lives.

Let the wise one control his thoughts, for they are difficult to perceive, often elusive, and they rush about frantically: a mind well controlled achieves peace and happiness.