The fragrance of sandalwood and rosebay does not travel far. But the fragrance of virtue rises to the heavens.

The gift of Truthovercomes all gifts.The joy of Truthovercomes all pleasures.The taste of Truthovercomes all sweetness.

I will purify my bodily actions through repeated reflection. I will purify my verbal actions through repeated reflection. I will purify my mental actions through repeated reflection. That's how you should train yourself.

The world is afflicted by death and decay. But the wise do not grieve, having realized the nature of the world.

If a man offend a harmless, pure, and innocent person, the evil falls back upon that fool, like light dust thrown up against the wind.

Through zeal, knowledge is gotten; through lack of zeal, knowledge is lost.

The self of which you speak, whether it is the great self or the small self, is only a concept that does not correspond to any reality.