An pretend and evil friend is haughty to be feared than a unmanageable beast; a unmanageable beast may mouthful your build up, but an evil friend fortitude mouthful your intellect.

Let the disciple cultivate love without measure towards all beings. Let him cultivate towards the whole world, above, below, around, a heart of love unstinted....For in all the world this state of heart is best.

All wrong-doing arises because of mind. If mind is transformed can wrong-doing remain?

Hatred is never ended by hatred but by love.

All composite things decay. Strive diligently.

Let us live in joy, never falling sick like those who hate us. Let us live in freedom, without hatred even among those who hate.

The wise ones fashioned speech with their thought, sifting it as grain is sifted through a sieve.