Here will I live in the rainy season, here in the autumn and in the summer: thus muses the fool. He realizes not the danger (of death).

The method of trying to conquer hatred through hatred never succeeds in overcoming hatred. But, the method of overcoming hatred through non-hatred is eternally effective. That is why that method is described as eternal wisdom.

His success may be great, but be it ever so great the wheel of fortune may turn again and bring him down into the dust.

He who, calm and clear as the moon, hankers no more for continuity-he is holy.

If we destroy something around us we destroy ourselves. If we cheat another, we cheat ourselves.

Many do not realize that we here must die. For those who realize this, quarrels end.

We are shaped by our thoughts; we become what we think. When the mind is pure, joy follows like a shadow that never leaves.