He who devotes himself to learning (seeks) from day to day to increase (his knowledge); he who devotes himself to the Tao (seeks) from day to day to diminish (his doing)
He who does not rouse himself when it is time to rise, who, though young and strong, is full of sloth, whose will and thought are weak, that lazy and idle man will never find the w...
There are also three in every ten whose aim is to live, but whose movements tend to the land (or place) of death And for what reason? Because of their excessive endeavours to perpe...
Therefore the sage seeks to satisfy (the craving of) the belly, and not the (insatiable longing of the) eyes He puts from him the latter, and prefers to seek the former
If a man commits a sin, let him not do it again; let him not delight in sin: pain is the outcome of evil
An envious greedy, dishonest man does not become respectable by means of much talking only, or by the beauty of his complexion
As the bee collects nectar and departs without injuring the flower, or its colour or scent, so let a sage dwell in his village
For with these animals does no man reach the untrodden country (Nirvana), where a tamed man goes on a tamed animal, viz on his own well-tamed self
Him I call indeed a Brahmana from whom anger and hatred, pride and envy have dropt like a mustard seed from the point of a needle
The multitude of men look satisfied and pleased; as if enjoying a full banquet, as if mounted on a tower in spring I alone seem listless and still, my desires having as yet given n...
He whose evil deeds are covered by good deeds, brightens up this world, like the moon when freed from clouds
By rousing himself, by earnestness, by restraint and control, the wise man may make for himself an island which no flood can overwhelm
Therefore the place of what is firm and strong is below, and that of what is soft and weak is above
If a man becomes fat and a great eater, if he is sleepy and rolls himself about, that fool, like a hog fed on wash, is born again and again
The people make light of dying because of the greatness of their labours in seeking for the means of living It is this which makes them think light of dying Thus it is that to leav...
Well-makers lead the water (wherever they like); fletchers bend the arrow; carpenters bend a log of wood; wise people fashion themselves
If an earnest person has roused himself, if he is not forgetful, if his deeds are pure, if he acts with consideration, if he restrains himself, and lives according to law,--then hi...
Let a fool month after month eat his food (like an ascetic) with the tip of a blade of Kusa grass, yet he is not worth the sixteenth particle of those who have well weighed the law
These wise people, meditative, steady, always possessed of strong powers, attain to Nirvana, the highest happiness
Good people shine from afar, like the snowy mountains; bad people are not seen, like arrows shot by night
If a man delights in quieting doubts, and, always reflecting, dwells on what is not delightful (the impurity of the body, &c), he certainly will remove, nay, he will cut the fetter...
A supernatural person (a Buddha) is not easily found, he is not born everywhere Wherever such a sage is born, that race prospers
There is no suffering for him who has finished his journey, and abandoned grief, who has freed himself on all sides, and thrown off all fetters
He who always greets and constantly reveres the aged, four things will increase to him, viz life, beauty, happiness, power
In this way the effect will be seen in the person, by the observation of different cases; in the family; in the neighbourhood; in the state; and in the kingdom
Not to commit any sin, to do good, and to purify one's mind, that is the teaching of (all) the Awakened
In the body restraint is good, good is restraint in speech, in thought restraint is good, good is restraint in all things A Bhikshu, restrained in all things, is freed from all pai...
There is always One who presides over the infliction death He who would inflict death in the room of him who so presides over it may be described as hewing wood instead of a great...
The gods even envy him whose senses, like horses well broken in by the driver, have been subdued, who is free from pride, and free from appetites
We look at it, and we do not see it, and we name it 'the Equable' We listen to it, and we do not hear it, and we name it 'the Inaudible' We try to grasp it, and do not get hold of...