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

Offensive acts come back upon the evil doer, like dust that is thrown against the wind.

It is because I perceive the danger in the practice of mystic wonders, that I loath, abhor, and am ashamed thereof.

If a man lives a pure life, nothing can destroy him.

Therefore, be islands unto yourselves. Be your own refuge. Have recourse to none else for refuge. Hold fast to the Dharma as a refuge. Resort to no other refuge. Whosoever, either now or after I am gone, shall be islands unto themselves, shall seek no eternal refuge, it is they, among my disciples who shall reach the very topmost height! But they must be keen to progress.

Meat is not agreeable to the wise: it has a nauseating odor, it causes a bad reputation, it is food for the carnivorous; I say this, Mahamati, it is not to be eaten.

Believe there is good in the world.