The number of those endowed with human life is as small as the amount of earth one can place on a fingernail. Life as a human being is hard to sustain--as hard as it is for the dew to remain on the grass. But it is better to live a single day with honor than to live to 120 and die in disgrace.

Some do not understand that we must die, But those who do realize this settle their quarrels.

It is better to do nothing Than to do what is wrong. For whatever you do, you do to yourself.

Conquer anger by love, evil by good; Conquer the miser with liberality, and the liar with truth.

It is more important to prevent animal suffering, rather than sit to contemplate the evils of the universe praying in the company of priests.

He who slings mud loses ground.

All that we are is the result of what we have thought. If people speak or act with evil thoughts, pain follows them. If people speak or act with pure thoughts, happiness follows them, like a shadow that never leaves them.