Watering the flowers and the trees, whispering to them, talking to them. Then, they will grow to be more bright and luxuriant.

The wise man makes an island of himself that no flood can overwhelm.

Without approval and without scorn, but carefully studying the sentences word by word, one should trace them in the Discourses and verify them by the Discipline. If they are neither traceable in the Discourses nor verifiable by the Discipline, one must conclude thus: 'Certainly, this is not the Blessed One's utterance; this has been misunderstood by that bhikkhu - or by that community, or by those elders, or by that elder.' In that way, bhikkhus, you should reject it.

Those who really seek the path to Enlightenment dictate terms to their mind. Then they proceed with strong determination.

I reached in experience the nirvana which is unborn, unrivalled, secure from attachment, undecaying and unstained. This condition is indeed reached by me which is deep, difficult to see, difficult to understand, tranquil, excellent, beyond the reach of mere logic, subtle, and to be realized only by the wise.

For those who are always courteous and respectful of elders, four things increase: life, beauty, happiness and strength.

Our life is shaped by our mind; we become what we think.