A dog is not considered a good dog because he is a good barker. A man is not considered a good man because he is a good talker.

Chaos is inherent in all compounded things. Strive on with diligence.

If you are tossed about by doubts, full of strong thoughtless passions, and yearning only for that which is detrimental, your thirst will grow stronger and stronger, unquenched, and your pain will grow with your defilements.

Being able to make friends and keep them, welcoming others and sharing with them, a guide, philosopher and friend. One like this will be praised.

The fool who recognizes his foolishness, is a wise man. But the fool who believes himself a wise man, he really is a fool.

As irrigators lead water where they want, as archers make their arrows straight, as carpenters carve wood, the wise shape their minds.

The end of desire is the end of sorrow.