“Not merely by rules of conduct and religious observances, nor by much learning either, nor even by attainment of concentration, nor by sleeping alone, do I reach the happiness of freedom, to which no worldlings attain. If you have not put an end to compulsions, nurse your faith”

“Greater in battlethan the man who would conquera thousand-thousand men,is he who would conquerjust one —himself.Better to conquer yourselfthan others.When you've trained yourself,living in constant self-control,neither a deva nor gandhabba,nor a Mara banded with Brahmas,could turn that triumphback into defeat.”

“Look not to the faults of others, nor to their omissions and commissions. But rather look to your own acts, to what you have done and left undone.”

“It is not by sin that we attain happiness, nor is it by virtue, nor is it by that kind of divine fire by which one makes great instinctive decisions and which is neither good not evil. It is by none of these things that one reaches happiness. One never reaches happiness.”

“Yes, Kālāmas, it is proper that your have doubt, that you have perplexity, for a doubt has arisen in a matter which is doubtful. Now, look you Kālāmas, do not be led by reports, or traditions, or hearsay. Be not led by the authority of religious texts, not by the delight in speculative opinions, nor by seeming possibilities, not by the idea: 'this is our teacher'. But, O Kālāmas, when you know for yourself that certain things are unwholesome, and wrong, and bad, then give them up... And when you know for yourself that certain things are wholesome and good, then accept them and follow them.”

“Awake. Be the witness of your thoughts. You are what observes, not what you observe”

“Nė viena pasaka nepatikėkit,Nors šimtmečius ilgusDaugybė kraštų jas laikė tikrove.Netikėkit ir tuo, kąKiti žmonės be perstojo kalba,Nors išminčiaus žodžius jie kartotųAr pasiremtų raštais šventais.Netikėkite niekuo,Sapnuose ką regėjot, ką vaizduotė sukūrė,Nors manot, kad siunčia tuos vaizdiniusDievas.Nepriimkite žodžių už tiesą,Nors kažkas juos pridengtų šventuolio arMeistro vardu.Patikėkit tik tuo, ko karti patirtisIlgai Jus pačius per išbandymus mokė,Kas nekliudo gerovės nei Jums, nei kitiems.”