If you know something hurtful and not true, don't say it. If you know something hurtful and true, don't say it. If you know something helpful but not true, don't say it. If you know something helpful and true, find the right time to say it.

All that we are is the result of what we have thought; it is founded on our thoughts; it is made up of our thoughts. A man's life is the direct result of his thoughts... We are what we think. All that we are arises with our thoughts. With our thoughts we make the world.

Realizing the doctrine of dependent-arising, the wise do not at all partake of extreme views

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

He who loves 50 people has 50 woes; he who loves no one has no woes.

Believe only what you yourself test and judge to be true.

Truths cannot be acquired from words out of other people's mouths. Before Truths can be internalized, they must come from one's own realizations and practices. Through a lifetime of personal practice, human beings are capable of revealing all of the secrets of the cosmic essence. You are your own best judge.