'As I am, so are these. As are these, so am I.' Drawing the parallel to yourself, neither kill nor get others to kill.

The man who wears the yellow-dyed robe but is not free from stains himself, without self-restraint and integrity, is unworthy of the robe.

But if you do not find an intelligent companion, a wise and well-behaved person going the same way as yourself, then go on your way alone, like a king abandoning a conquered kingdom, or like a great elephant in the deep forest.

When you realize how perfect [or at least better than it could be] everything is, you will tilt your head back and laugh at the sky.

Why cling to the pain and the wrongs of yesterday? Why hold on to the very things that keep you from hope and love.

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

As from a large heap of flowers many garlands and wreaths are made, so by a mortal in this life there is much good work to be done.