There are ways from light into darkness and from darkness into light. There are ways, also, from the gloom into deeper darkness, and from the dawn into brighter light. The wise man will use the light he has to receive more light. He will constantly advance in the knowledge of truth.
From craving is born grief, from craving is born fear. For one freed from craving there’s no grief – so how fear?
We are what we think. All that we are arises with our thoughts. With our thoughts, we make the world.
In the sky, there is no distinction of east and west; people create distinctions out of their own minds and then believe them to be true.
Be determined. The Tempter masters the lazy and irresolute man who dwells on the attractive side of things, ungoverned in his senses, and unrestrained in his food, like the wind overcomes a rotten tree.
Develop a mind of equilibrium. You will always be getting praise and blame, but do not let either affect poise of mind: follow calmness, the absence of pride.
