One good schoolmaster is of more use than a hundred priests.
-Thomas Paine
By degrees, little by little, from time to time, a wise person should remove his own impurities as a smith removes the dross from silver.
One should not injure, subjugate, enslave, torture, or kill any animal, living being, organism, or sentient being. This doctrine of nonviolence is immaculate, immutable, and eternal.
If the mind becomes balanced and detached, and comes to dwell in its own true home, imbued with reverence for the Divine, then it enjoys the essence of supreme spiritual wisdom; it shall never feel hunger again.
Whoever is careless with the truth in small matters cannot be trusted with important matters.
-Albert Einstein
Too many people seem to believe that silence was a void that needed to be filled, even if nothing important was said.
-Nicholas Sparks
To live is to suffer, to survive is to find some meaning in the suffering.
-Friedrich Nietzsche