He who harms living beings is, for that reason, not an ariya (a Noble One); he who does not harm any living being is called an ariya.

How long the night to the watchman, How long the road to the weary traveller, How long the wandering of many lives To the fool who misses the way.

Sound health is the greatest of gifts; contentedness, the greatest of riches; trust, the greatest of qualities.

If you're respectful by habit, constantly honoring the worthy, four things increase: long life, beauty, happiness, strength.

Which do you think is more my friend, the water in the four great oceans or the tears that you have shed on this long way of taking birth again and again?

Many do not realize that we here must die. For those who realize this, quarrels end.

You are the community now. Be a lamp for yourselves. Be your own refuge. Seek for no other. All things must pass. Strive on diligently. Don’t give up.