Never by hatred is hatred appeased, but it is appeased by kindness. This is an eternal truth.

The recollected go forth to lives of renunciation. They take no pleasure in a fixed abode. Like wild swans abandoning a pool, they leave one resting place after another.

I do not believe in a fate that falls on men however they act; but I do believe in a fate that falls on them unless they act.

Unkind people spread malicious tales, and well-intentioned people also censure; but in either case the tranquil sage remains unconcerned. Nowhere is there to be found a disconcerted sage.

Surely if living creatures saw the results of all their evil deeds, they would turn away from them in disgust. But selfhood blinds them, and they cling to their obnoxious desires. They crave pleasure for themselves and they cause pain to others; when death destroys their individuality, they find no peace; their thirst for existence abides and their selfhood reappears in new births. Thus they continue to move in the coil and can find no escape from the hell of their own making.

In his ignorance of the whole truth, each person maintains his own arrogant point of view.

Follow the way of virtue. Follow the way joyfully through this world and on beyond.