Let go of anger. Let go of pride. When you are bound by nothing You go beyond sorrow.

It is not life and wealth and power that enslave men, but the cleaving to life and wealth and power.

It is more important to prevent animal suffering, rather than sit to contemplate the evils of the universe praying in the company of priests.

Only those who go where few have gone can see what few have seen.

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.

Go forth in every direction- for the happiness, the harmony, the welfare of the many. Offer your heart, the seeds of understanding, like a lamp overturned and re-lit, illuminating the darkness.

Just as a line drawn on water with a stick will quickly vanish and will not last long; even so, brahmins, is human life like a line drawn on water. It is short, limited, and brief; it is full of suffering. One should do good and live a pure life; for none who is born can escape death.