“As an elephant in the battlefield withstands arrows shot from bows all around, even so shall I endure abuse.”
“Better it is to live one day seeing the rise and fall of things than to live a hundred years without ever seeing the rise and fall of things.”
“Both formerly and now, it is only suffering that I describe, and the cessation of suffering.”
“Ceasing to do evil, Cultivating the good, Purifying the heart: This is the teaching of the Buddhas.”
“Conquer anger with non-anger. Conquer badness with goodness. Conquer meanness with generosity. Conquer dishonesty with truth.”
