Whatever an enemy might do to an enemy, or a foe to a foe, the ill-directed mind can do to you even worse.

Things are not what they appear to be: nor are they otherwise.

Go forth in every direction- for the happiness, the harmony, the welfare of the many. Offer your heart, the seeds of understanding, like a lamp overturned and re-lit, illuminating the darkness.

What is most needed is a loving heart.

Careful amidst the careless, amongst the sleeping wide-awake, the intelligent man leaves them all behind, like a race-horse does a mere hack.

Do not blindly believe what others say. See for yourself what brings contentment, clarity and peace. That is the path for you to follow.

There is no satisfying the senses, not even with a shower of money. "The senses are of slight pleasure and really suffering." When a wise man has realised this, he takes no pleasure, as a disciple of the Buddhas, even in the pleasures of heaven. Instead he takes pleasure in the elimination of craving.