There are words which sever hearts more than sharp swords; there are words the point of which sting the heart through the course of a whole life.
Excessive attachment to sense pleasures leads to bondage, and detachment from sense pleasures leads to liberation; therefore it is the mind alone that is responsible for bondage or liberation.
There are many possibilities that people can choose from. There are bad and there are good ones. So, look carefully to choose for yourself the noble path…
Truth is a pathless land, and you cannot approach it by any path whatsoever, by any religion, by any sect.
I do not see what use a man can be put to, whose word cannot be trusted. How can a wagon be made to go if it has no yoke-bar, or a carriage if it has no collar-bar?
Guide your child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.
