All that we are is the result of what we have thought; what we think we become.

Meat-eating is condemned by the Buddhas, Bodhisattvas, and Sravakas; if one devours meat out of shamelessness he will always be devoid of sense.

Life is like the harp string, if it is strung too tight it won't play, if it is too loose it hangs, the tension that produces the beautiful sound lies in the middle.

That which goeth up must needs come down; and that which is down must needs go up. But Brahma has ordained that the that that goeth up is seldom the same as the that that hath gone down.

If there is only empty space, with no suns nor planets in it, then space loses its substantiality.

A person is ruined by taking the measure of other persons.

One who is wise and disciplined, always kind and intelligent, humble and free from pride. One like this will be praised.