Be a light unto yourself.

Joyously participate in the sorrows of others.

I am, I am not, I will be, I will not be are vein thoughts which is a sickness and once all are eliminated no desire arises.

Besides the respect of the lives of human beings, all the animals and plants should be on the list too. That is the real humanitarianism.

Just as the great ocean has one taste, the taste of salt, so also this teaching and discipline has one taste, the taste of liberation.

The only way to bring peace to the earth is to learn to make our own life peaceful.

There are friendships to one who lives in society; thus our present grief arises from having friendships; observing the evils resulting from friendship, let one walk alone like a rhinoceros.