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

"Should a seeker not find a friend, wiser or better than himself, let him rather walk alone; there is no fellowship with fools."

"You will not be punished for your anger, you will be punished by your anger."

"He who has renounced all violence towards all living beings, weak or strong, who neither kills nor causes others to kill — him I call a holy man."

"Just as a solid rock is not shaken by the storm, even so the wise are not affected by praise or blame."