All things that are born must die. Work hard for your own freedom from sorrow.

Your enemy can be your greatest teacher.

Unkind people spread malicious tales, and well-intentioned people also censure; but in either case the tranquil sage remains unconcerned. Nowhere is there to be found a disconcerted sage.

Few among men are they who cross to the further shore. The others merely run up and down the bank on this side.

With good will for the entire cosmos, cultivate a limitless heart: above, below, and all around, unobstructed, without hostility or hate.

I knew that most people never see this reality because they attach to the material aspect of the world. Illusions of self and other fill their vision. I also realized there are those with little dust limiting their vision.

Conquer the angry man by love.