"Words do not express thoughts very well; every thing immediately becomes a little different, a little distorted, a little foolish. And yet it also pleases me and seems right that what is of value and wisdom of one man seems nonsense to another."
"To become vegetarian is to step into the stream which leads to nirvana."
"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."
"Happiness comes when your work and words are of benefit to others."
"When the Aggregates arise, decay and die, O bhikkhu, every moment you are born, decay, and die."
"Few among men are they who cross to the further shore. The others merely run up and down the bank on this side."