Through zeal, knowledge is gotten; through lack of zeal, knowledge is lost.

Overcoming yourself is better than overcoming a million enemies in battle.

However many holy words you read, However many you speak, What good will they do you If you do not act on upon them?

Unkind people spread malicious tales, and well-intentioned people also censure; but in either case the tranquil sage remains unconcerned. Nowhere is there to be found a disconcerted sage.

When giving to others do not linger on thoughts of a giving, what was given, or the one who has received.

The thought manifests as the word. The word manifests as the deed. The deed develops into habit. And the habit hardens into character. So watch the thought and its ways with care. And let it spring from love, born out of concern for all beings.

Change is never painful, only the resistance to change is painful