Without freedom of thought, there can be no such thing as wisdom - and no such thing as public liberty without freedom of speech.
Purity and impurity depend on oneself; no one can purify another.
He who can curb his wrath as soon as it arises, as a timely antidote will check snake's venom that so quickly spreads, — such a monk gives up the here and the beyond, just as a serpent sheds its worn-out skin.
Irrigators channel waters; fletchers straighten arrows; carpenters bend wood; the wise master themselves.
Resolutely train yourself to attain peace.
Ethical axioms are found and tested not very differently from the axioms of science. Truth is what stands the test of experience.
When we seek to discover the best in others, we somehow bring out the best in ourselves.
Prejudice is a burden that confuses the past, threatens the future and renders the present inaccessible.
All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope.