All tremble at violence; all fear death. Putting oneself in the place of another, one should not kill nor cause another to kill.

The mind is the source of happiness and unhappiness by what it chooses to compare the experience with. If it chooses to compare it to something worse then it will create happiness, gratitude and pride but if it chooses to compare it to something better then it will create unhappiness, bitterness and envy.

Stop, stop. Do not speak. The ultimate truth is not even to think.

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.

Should a person do good, let him do it again and again. Let him find pleasure therein, for blissful is the accumulation of good.

He is able who think he is able.

How does one stay mindful? Where feelings are known as they arise, known as they persist, known as they pass away. Thoughts are known as they arise, known as they persist, known as they pass away. Perceptions are known they arise, known as they persist, known as they pass away. This is how a monk stays awake.