If by leaving a small pleasure one sees a great pleasure, let a wise man leave the small pleasure, and look to the great.

Meat-eating is condemned by the Buddhas, Bodhisattvas, and Sravakas; if one devours meat out of shamelessness he will always be devoid of sense.

The fiercest fire is hatred.

Every experience, no matter how bad it seems, holds within a blessing of some kind. The goal is to find it.

Pay no attention to the faults of others, things done or left undone by others. Consider only what by oneself is done or left undone.

Care about your children. Just bless them instead of worrying, as every child is the little Buddha who helps his parents to grow up.

Free from passion and desire, you have stripped the thorns from the stem.