In what is seen, there should be just the seen; In what is heard, there should be just the heard; In what is sensed, there should be just the sensed; In what is thought, there should be just the thought. He should not kill a living being, nor cause it to be killed, nor should he incite another to kill. Do not injure any being, either strong or weak in the world.

Just as gold is burnt, cut and rubbed, Examine my words carefully and Do not accept them simply out of respect

One act of pure love in saving life is greater than spending the whole of one's time in religious offerings to the gods . . .

A victor only breeds hatred, while a defeated man lives in misery, but a man at peace within lives happily, abandoning up ideas of victory and defeat.

The glorious chariots of kings wear out, and the body wears out and grows old; but the virtue of the good never grows old.

The kingdom of heaven is closer than the brow above the eye but mankind does not see it.

Imagine that every person in the world is enlightened but you. They are all your teachers, each doing just the right things to help you learn perfect patience, perfect wisdom, perfect compassion.