As the fields are damaged by hurricanes and weeds, so is mankind polluted by passion, by hatred, by vanity and lust.
The love of pleasure begets grief, and the dread of pain causes fear. He who is free from the love of pleasure and the dread of pain knows neither grief nor fear.
He who gives himself to vanity, and does not give himself to meditation, will in time envy him who has given himself to meditation.
Men winnow their neighbors' faults like chaff, but their own faults they hide, as a cheat hides the false die from the gambler.
If a man looks after the faults of others, his own faults will grow.
Not about the faults of others, not about their sins, but about his own faults and misdeeds is the sage only worried.
Good deeds shine from afar, like the snowy mountains; evil deeds are concealed, like arrows shot by night.
Overcome hatred by love; overcome evil by good; overcome the greedy by liberality; overcome lies by the truth. For hatred does not cease by hatred; hatred ceases by non-hatred.
Speak the truth; do not yield to anger; give when thou art asked; by these three steps thou becomest divine.
The wise man blows away the impurities of self as the smith blows away the impurities of silver.
Lead others, not by force, but by justice and equity.
As the bee gathers nectar without injuring the flower, so the sage dwells among men.
