All composite things decay. Strive diligently.

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

Just as a tree, though cut down, can grow again and again if its roots are undamaged and strong, in the same way if the roots of craving are not wholly uprooted sorrows will come again and again

It is wrong to think that misfortunes come from the east or from the west; they originate within one's own mind.

The world is afflicted by death and decay. But the wise do not grieve, having realized the nature of the world.

It is better to travel well then arrive.

Just as one can make a lot of garlands from a heap of flowers, so man, subject to birth and death as he is, should make himself a lot of good karma.