The Tempter masters the lazy and irresolute man who dwells on the attractive side of things, ungoverned in his senses, and unrestrained in his food, like the wind overcomes a rotten tree. But the Tempter cannot master a man who dwells on the distasteful side of things, self-controlled in his senses, moderate in eating, resolute and full of faith, like the wind cannot move a mountain crag.

There are friendships to one who lives in society; thus our present grief arises from having friendships; observing the evils resulting from friendship, let one walk alone like a rhinoceros.

You are far from the end of your journey. The way is not in the sky. The way is in the heart. See how you love.

One act of pure love in saving life is greater than spending the whole of one's time in religious offerings to the gods . . .

Through our senses the world appears. Through our reactions we create delusions.Without reactions the world becomes clear.

It is not life and wealth and power that enslave men, but the cleaving to life and wealth and power.

And he who has considered all the contrasts on this earth, and is no more disturbed by anything whatever in the world, the Peaceful One, freed from rage, from sorrow, and from longing, he has passed beyond birth and decay.