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

Look not for refuge to anyone beside yourself. Heed fast to the truth as a lamp.

Inner freedom is not guided by our efforts; it comes from seeing what is true.

Those who, relying upon themselves only, not looking for assistance to anyone besides themselves, it is they who will reach the top-most height.

Make an island of yourself, make yourself your refuge; there is no other refuge. Make truth your island, make truth your refuge; there is no other refuge.

Thoughtfulness is the way to deathlessness, thoughtlessness the way to death. The thoughtful do not die: the thoughtless are as if dead already.

Those who speak much are blamed, those who speak little are blamed. In this world there are none who are not blamed. Try not to blame.