The right time to show your good character is when you are pestered by someone weaker than you.
Gautama BuddhaWhatever a monk keeps pursuing with his thinking and pondering, that becomes the inclination of his awareness.
Gautama BuddhaHaving abandoned the taking of life, refraining from killing, we dwell without violence, with the knife laid down, scrupulous, full of mercy, trembling with compassion for all sentient beings.
Gautama BuddhaBelieve 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.
Gautama Buddha