"Monks, I will teach you the all. Listen and pay close attention. I will speak. And what is the all? The eye and forms, ear and sounds, nose and odors, tongue and tastes, body and tactile sensations, i…"

"Even as a solid rock is not shaken by the wind, so are the wise unshaken by praise or blame."

"He who is not disturbed by the clamor of the world, nor by its sorrows, nor by its joys, is truly a wise man."

"I will not look at another's bowl intent on finding fault: a training to be observed."

"Irrigators channel waters, fletchers straighten arrows, carpenters bend wood, the wise master themselves."