Work out your own salvation. Do not depend on others.

And so, with a boundless heart should one cherish all living beings.

Your greatest weapon is your enemy's mind

Never have anything to do with likes and dislikes. The absence of what one likes is painful, as is the presence of what one dislikes. Therefore don't take a liking to anything. To lose what one likes is hard, but there are no bonds for those who have no likes and dislikes. From preference arises sorrow, from preference arises fear, but he who is freed from preference has no sorrow and certainly no fear.

If there is a God, it is inconceivable that he would be concerned about my day to day affairs.

Household life is crowded and dusty; life gone forth is wide open... Suppose I shave off my hair and beard, put on the ochre robe, and go forth from the home life into homelessness.

The wind cannot shake a mountain. Neither praise nor blame moves the wise man.