“Be a lamp unto yourself. Work out your liberation with diligence.”

“If you light a lamp for somebody, it will also brighten your path.”

“Bahujanahitāya bahujanasukhāya lokānukampāya:For the good of the many, for the happiness of the many, out of compassion for the world.”

“Doubt everything. Find your own light.”

“To insist on a spiritual practice that served you in the past is to carry the raft on your back after you have crossed the river.”

“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]”

“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.”