Believe nothing, O monks, just because you have been told it, or it is commonly believed, or because it is traditional or because you yourselves have imagined it. Do not believe what your teacher tells you merely out of respect for the teacher. But whatsoever, after due examination and analysis, you find to be conducive to the good, the benefit, the welfare of all beings - that doctrine believe and cling to and take as your guide.

As a mountain is unshaken by the wind, so the heart of a wise person is unmoved by all the changes on this earth.

Your suffering is my suffering and your happiness is my happiness.

Besides the respect of the lives of human beings, all the animals and plants should be on the list too. That is the real humanitarianism.

Concentrate the mind on the present moment.

No one outside ourselves can rule us inwardly. When we know this, we become free.

Let a man avoid evil deeds as a man who loves life avoids poison.