Thoughtfulness is the way to deathlessness, thoughtlessness the way to death. The thoughtful do not die: the thoughtless are as if dead already.

If you do not follow the right path, you will be lost.

I do not believe in a fate that falls on men however they act; but I do believe in a fate that falls on them unless they act.

Little by little a person becomes evil, as a water pot is filled by drops of water... Little by little a person becomes good, as a water pot is filled by drops of water.

Do not let pleasure distract you from meditation, from the way. Free yourself from pleasure and pain.

Whatever a person frequently thinks and reflects on, that will become the inclination of their mind.

The self of which you speak, whether it is the great self or the small self, is only a concept that does not correspond to any reality.