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

As the fletcher whittles and makes straight his arrows, so the master directs his straying thoughts.

All that we are is the result of what we have thought. If people speak or act with evil thoughts, pain follows them. If people speak or act with pure thoughts, happiness follows them, like a shadow that never leaves them.

When one is overcome by this wretched, clinging desire in the world, one's sorrows increase like grass growing up after a lot of rain.

This existence of ours is as transient as autumn clouds To watch the birth and death of beings is like looking at the movements of a dance. A lifetime is like a flash of lightning in the sky, Rushing by, like a torrent down a steep mountain.

Thought-habits can harden into character. So watch your thoughts.

When one feels no shame in telling a deliberate lie, there is no evil, I tell you, he will not do.