The kingdom of heaven is closer than the brow above the eye but mankind does not see it.

If there is a God, it is inconceivable that he would be concerned about my day to day affairs.

Better it is to live one day seeing the rise and fall of things than to live a hundred years without ever seeing the rise and fall of things.

Better is to speak unpleasant truth than to tell lies.

Fill your mind with compassion.

Should a person do good, let him do it again and again. Let him find pleasure therein, for blissful is the accumulation of good.

If people become accustomed to lying, they will unconsciously commit every possible wrong deed. Before they can act wickedly, they must lie and once they begin to lie they will act wickedly without concern.