It is more important to prevent animal suffering, rather than sit to contemplate the evils of the universe praying in the company of priests.

For the wakeful one whose mind is quiet, whose thoughts are undisturbed, who has relinquished judgement and blame, there is no fear.

You are your own master, you make your own future. Therefore discipline yourself as a horse-dealer trains a thoroughbred

Look not to the faults of others, nor to their omissions and commissions. But rather look to your own acts, to what you have done and left undone.

Let the wise guard their thoughts, which are difficult to perceive, extremely subtle, and wander at will. Thought which is well guarded is the bearer of happiness.

The virtuous man delights in this world and he delights in the next

Find out for yourself what is truth, what is real. Discover that there are virtuous things and there are non-virtuous things. Once you have discovered for yourself give up the bad and embrace the good.