If you light a lamp for somebody, it will also brighten your path.

A truly wise man does not play leapfrog with a unicorn.

Maintain a state of balance between physical acts and inner serenity,like a lute whose strings are finely tuned.

If we fail to look after others when they need help, who will look after us?

Do not give up your authority and follow blindly the will of others. This way will lead to only delusion.

A fool acquires knowledge only to his own disadvantage. It destroys what good he has, and turns his brains.

If a man going down into a river, swollen and swiftly flowing, is carried away by the current - how can he help others across?