"The body, monks, is not self. If the body were the self, this body would not lend itself to dis-ease. It would be possible (to say) with regard to the body, 'Let my body be thus. Let my body not be th…"

"The gift of truth excels all other gifts."

"Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it, no matter if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense."

"Whoever doesn't flare up at someone who's angry wins a battle that's hard to win."

"If you find no one to support you on the spiritual path, walk alone. There is no companionship with the immature."