"The virtues, like the Muses, are always seen in groups. A good principle was never found solitary in any breast."

"Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it, no matter if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense."

"A man is not called wise because he talks and talks again; but if he is peaceful, loving and fearless then he is in truth called wise."

"Just as a candle cannot burn without fire, men cannot live without a spiritual life."

"One day, in the morning, having put on his undergarment and taken his outer robe and bowl, the Blessed One entered Sāvatthī for alms."