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

When I was a young man, near the beginning of my life, I looked around with true mindfulness and saw that all things are subject to decay.

He who can curb his wrath as soon as it arises, as a timely antidote will check snake's venom that so quickly spreads, - such a monk gives up the here and the beyond, just as a serpent sheds its worn-out skin.

One should follow a man of wisdom who rebukes one for one's faults, as one would follow a guide to some buried treasure. To one who follows such a wise man, it will be an advantage and not a disadvantage.

His success may be great, but be it ever so great the wheel of fortune may turn again and bring him down into the dust.

The worlds originate so that truth may come and dwell therein.

Just as a tree, though cut down, can grow again and again if its roots are undamaged and strong, in the same way if the roots of craving are not wholly uprooted sorrows will come again and again