Health is the first benefit. Content is the first fortune. Friendliness is the first kindness. Nirvana is the first happiness.
Treat others with respect. How you treat others will be how they treat you.
The Buddhas do but tell the way; it is for you to swelter at the task.
May all sentient beings be happy and free of suffering.
Just as a snake sheds its skin, we must shed our past over and over again.
Thoughtfulness is the way to deathlessness, thoughtlessness the way to death. The thoughtful do not die: the thoughtless are as if dead already.