Never tell a lie. Anyone who can tell you the slightest of lies is also capable of any evil.

Never in this world can hatred be stilled by hatred; it will be stifled by non-hatred - this is the law Eternal.

Holding on to anger is like poisoning yourself and hoping someone else will die.

He who harms living beings is, for that reason, not an ariya (a Noble One); he who does not harm any living being is called an ariya.

Be your own lamps. Be your own shelters. Hang on to the truth as a lamp. Hang on to the truth as a refuge.

All fear violence, all are afraid of death.

Do not accept what you hear by report, do not accept tradition, do not accept a statement because it is found in our books, nor because it is in accord with your belief, nor because it is the saying of your teacher. Be lamps unto yourselves. Those who, either now or after I am dead, shall rely upon themselves only and not look for assistance to anyone besides themselves, it is they who shall reach the topmost height.