“A jug fills drop by drop.”

“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.”

“Anger will never disappear so long as thoughts of resentment are cherished in the mind.”

“Three things can not hide for long: the Moon, the Sun and the Truth.”

“All that we are is the result of what we have thought: it is founded on our thoughts and made up of our thoughts. If a man speak or act with an evil thought, suffering follows him as the wheel follows the hoof of the beast that draws the wagon.... If a man speak or act with a good thought, happiness follows him like a shadow that never leaves him.”

“Now, Kalamas, don’t go by reports, by legends, by traditions, by scripture, by logical conjecture, by inference, by analogies, by agreement through pondering views, by probability, or by the thought, ‘This contemplative is our teacher.’ When you know for yourselves that, ‘These qualities are skillful; these qualities are blameless; these qualities are praised by the wise; these qualities, when adopted & carried out, lead to welfare & to happiness’ — then you should enter & remain in them.[Kalama Sutta, AN 3.65]”

“Nothing is forever except change.”