“If one comes across a person who has been shot by an arrow one does not spend time wondering about where the arrow came from, or the caste of the individual who shot it, or analysing what type of wood the shaft is made of, or the manner in which the arrowhead was fashioned. Rather one should focus on immediately pulling out the arrow.”

“You can conquer thousands of men in thousands of battles, but the greatest victory is to conquer yourself”

“Sabed que todas las cosas son como esto: un espejismo, un castillo de nubes, un sueño, una aparición, sin esencia, pero con cualidades que pueden verse.Sabed que todas las cosas son como esto: como la luna en un cielo brillante en algún lago transparente reflejada, aunque a ese lago la luna nunca se ha desplazado.Sabed que todas las cosas son como esto: como un eco que deriva de música, sonidos y llanto, y sin embargo en ese eco no hay melodía.Sabed que todas las cosas son como esto: como un mago que crea ilusiones de caballos, bueyes, carros y otras cosas, nada es lo aparenta ser.”

“Those whom spring's storms torture yearn for the warmth of summer Without even fearing the ideaThat a hundred days of their lives will then have passed forever.”

“How did you kill the Ashman in the forest last year?”“I shot him with an arrow.”“What kind of arrow?”“A sharp one.”Nate rolled his eyes. “Really, dude? A sharp one?”

“He who loves 50 people has 50 woes; he who loves no one has no woes.”

“The non-doing of any evil,the performance of what's skillful,the cleansing of one's own mind:this is the teaching of the Awakened. ”