"In the sky, there is no distinction of east and west; people create distinctions out of their own minds and then believe them to be true."

"All conditioned things are impermanent — when one sees this with wisdom, then one turns away from suffering."

"Let them not do the slightest thing that the wise would later reprove."

"Virtue is persecuted more by the wicked than it is loved by the good."

"He who is not disturbed by the clamor of the world, nor by its sorrows, nor by its joys, is truly a wise man."