"Whatever a foe may do to a foe, or a hater to a hater, a wrongly directed mind will do us greater mischief."

"Conquer anger with non-anger. Conquer badness with goodness. Conquer meanness with generosity. Conquer dishonesty with truth."

"May all beings be happy and safe, and may their hearts be filled with joy."

"The wise ones who are intent on meditation, who delight in the peace of renunciation, such mindful ones, perfect in right understanding, cast off the net of Māra."

"The pleasant and the unpleasant, the agreeable and the disagreeable, are not in things themselves, but in us."