Whatever grounds there are for making merit productive of a future birth, all these do not equal a sixteenth part of the liberation of mind by loving-kindness. The liberation of mind by loving-kindness surpasses them and shines forth, bright and brilliant.

"All conditioned things are impermanent" - when one sees this with wisdom, one turns away from suffering.

A person writing at night may put out the lamp, but the words he has written will remain. It is the same with the destiny we create for ourselves in this world.

Happy indeed are the arahants! No craving can be found in them. Cut off is the conceit 'I am,' Burst asunder is delusion's net.

All composite things decay. Strive diligently.

Hatred is never ended by hatred but by love.

It is a man's own mind, not his enemy or foe, that lures him to evil ways.