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.

If you don't see God in the next person you meet, look no further.

As a flower that is lovely and beautiful, but is scentless, even so fruitless is the well-spoken word of one who practices it not.

Let your diet be spare, your wants moderate, your needs few. So, living modestly, with no distracting desires, you will find content.

Apply yourself to solitude. One who is given to solitude knows things as they really are.

Seeing the similarity to oneself, one should not use violence or have it used.

Those who act with few desires are calm, without worry or fear.