"All that we are is the result of what we have thought: it is founded on our thoughts and made up of our thoughts. If a man speak or act with an evil thought, suffering follows him as the wheel follows the hoof of the beast that draws the wagon.... If a man speak or act with a good thought, happiness follows him like a shadow that never leaves him."
"Even as a solid rock is unshaken by the wind, so are the wise unshaken by praise or blame."
"To force oneself to believe and to accept a thing without understanding is political, and not spiritual or intellectual."
"Let us rise up and be thankful, for if we didn't learn a lot at least we learned a little, and if we didn't learn a little, at least we didn't get sick, and if we got sick, at least we didn't die; so, let us all be thankful."
"You will not be punished for your anger; you will be punished by your anger."
"To become vegetarian is to step into the stream which leads to nirvana."