I look upon the judgment of right and wrong as the serpentine dance of a dragon, and the rise and fall of beliefs as but traces left by the four seasons.

Those who walk in the Way should avoid sensualism as those who carry hay would avoid coming near the fire.

Before you've seen it, and when you first see it, it is the greatest thing; afterwards, it is ordinary.

You have to do your own work; Enlightened Ones will only show the way. Those who practise meditation will free themselves from the chains of death

I teach about suffering and the way to end it

There are those who discover they can leave behind destructive reactions and become patient as the earth, unmoved by fires of anger or fear, unshaken as a pillar, unperturbed as a clear and quiet pool.

Our theories of the eternal are as valuable as are those which a chick which has not broken its way through its shell might form of the outside world.