If there be one righteous person, the rain falls for his sake.
To do a little good is more than to accomplish great conquests.
Pain is the outcome of sin.
Just as a picture is drawn by an artist, surroundings are created by the activities of the mind.
The mind that perceives the limitation is the limitation.
Many do not realize that we here must die. For those who realize this, quarrels end.
Whatever is subject to origination is all subject to cessation.
If you want to know the past, look at your present. If you want to know the future, look at your present.
Times of luxury do not last long, but pass away very quickly; nothing in this world can be long enjoyed.
It is within this fathoms-long carcass, with its mind and its notions, that I declare there is the world, the origin of the world, the cessation of the world and the path leading to the cessation of the world.
Wherever a person goes, his deeds, like a shadow, will follow.
Those who, relying upon themselves only, not looking for assistance to anyone besides themselves, it is they who will reach the top-most height.
Man should make himself a lot of good karma.
Not even death can wipe out our good deeds.
To be selfish, greedy and unwilling to help the needy gives rise to future starvation and clothlessness.
There are those who discover they can leave behind destructive reactions and become patient as the earth, unmoved by fires of anger or fear, unshaken as a pillar, unperturbed as a clear and quiet pool.
When the sleeping snake is gone, then you can rest at ease.
He who lives with his senses well controlled, moderate in his food and drink, he will not be overthrown, any more than the wind throws down a rocky mountain.
A person is not learned nor wise because he talks much; the person who is patient, free from hatred and fear, that person is called learned and wise.
Do not be thoughtless, always be mindful, watch your thoughts! Draw yourself out of the path of evil, like an elephant sunk in mud.