When the sleeping snake is gone, then you can rest at ease.

The fragrance of sandalwood and rosebay does not travel far. But the fragrance of virtue rises to the heavens.

The easiest beneficence is a smile. The simplest release is to have a vegetarian meal.

Mind precedes all phenomena, mind matters most, everything is mind-made. If with an impure mind, you speak or act, then suffering follows you as the cartwheel follows the foot of the draft animal. If with a pure mind, you speak or act, then happiness follows you as a shadow that never departs

Sit Rest Work. Alone with yourself, Never weary. On the edge of the forest Live joyfully, Without desire.

Temperance is a tree which as for its root very little contentment, and for its fruit calm and peace.

Don't believe a teaching just because you've heard it from a man who's supposed to be holy, or because it's contained in a book supposed to be holy, or because all your friends and neighbors believe it. But whatever you've observed and analyzed for yourself and found to be reasonable and good, then accept that and put it into practice.