When a wise man is advised of his errors, he will reflect on and improve his conduct. When his misconduct is pointed out, a foolish man will not only disregard the advice but rather repeat the same error.

Inner freedom is not guided by our efforts; it comes from seeing what is true.

Do not judge yourself harshly. Without mercy for ourselves we cannot love the world.

We are what we think, and all that we are rises with our thoughts. With our thoughts we make the world. Speak and act with a pure mind and happiness will follow.

The hunger of passions is the greatest disease.

Don't give way to heedlessness or to intimacy with sensual delight - for a heedful person, absorbed in jhana, attains an abundance of ease.

"All conditioned things are impermanent" - when one sees this with wisdom, one turns away from suffering.