Come, live with the doors of the senses guarded, diligent and mindful, vigilant and mindful, with the ways of the mind well watched, possessed of a mind that is awake and observing.

Dharma is not upheld by talking about it. Dharma is upheld by living in harmony with it.

If a person does not harm any living being...and does not kill or cause others to kill - that person is a true spiritual practitioner

Our life is shaped by our mind; we become what we think.

Both formerly and now, it is only suffering that I describe, and the cessation of suffering.

Believe nothing because it is written in books. Believe nothing because wise men say it is so. Believe nothing because it is religious doctrine. Believe it only because you yourself know it to be true.

'Wherefore, brethren, thus must ye train yourselves : Liberation of the will through love will develop, we will often practice it, we will make it vehicle and base, take our stand upon it, store it up, throughly set it going.'