Be lamps unto yourselves. Be refuges unto yourselves. Take yourself no external refuge. Hold fast to the truth as a lamp. Hold fast to the truth as a refuge. Look not for a refuge in anyone besides yourselves. And those, Ananda, who either now or after I am dead, Shall be a lamp unto themselves, Shall betake themselves as no external refuge, But holding fast to the truth as their lamp, Holding fast to the truth as their refuge, Shall not look for refuge to anyone else besides themselves, It is they who shall reach to the very topmost height; But they must be anxious to learn.

If I had even a slight awareness, and practiced the Great Way, what I would fear would be deviating from it.

Inner freedom is not guided by our efforts; it comes from seeing what is true.

If a man who enjoys a lesser happiness beholds a greater one, let him leave aside the lesser to gain the greater.

How can one ever know anything if they are too busy thinking?

Believe, meditate, see. Be harmless, be blameless. Awake to the law. And from all sorrows free yourself.

Don't pray for lighter burdens, but for stronger backs.