All that I am, or hope to be, I owe to my angel mother.
Purity and impurity depend on oneself; no one can purify another.
To support mother and father, to cherish partner and children, and to be engaged in peaceful occupation — this is the greatest blessing.
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.
When we seek to discover the best in others, we somehow bring out the best in ourselves.
It's a good thing to be satisfied with what one has.
Kanga said to Roo, "Drink up your milk first, dear, and talk afterwards." So Roo, who was drinking his milk, tried to say that he could do both at once . . . and had to be patted on the back and dried for quite a long time afterwards.