Follow the truth of the way. Reflect upon it. Make it your own. Live it. It will always sustain you.
Be a light unto yourself.
If a man's mind becomes pure, his surroundings will also become pure.
Do not say anything harsh: what you have said will be said back to you.
Life can only take place in the present moment. If we lose the present moment, we lose life.
Just as the great oceans have but one taste, the taste of salt, so too there is but one taste fundamental to all true teachings of the way, and this is the taste of freedom.