Like someone pointing to treasure
Is the wise person
Who sees your faults and points them out.
Associate with such a sage.

— Buddha

Reasoning is harmful
To fools;
It ruins their good fortune
And splits open their heads

— Buddha

Just as from a heap of flowers
Many garlands can be made,
So, you, with your mortal life,
Should do many skillful things.

— Buddha

For those who are unsteady of mind,
Who do not know true Dharma,
And whose serenity wavers,
Wisdom does not mature.

— Buddha

Driving away negligence with vigilance,
Ascending the tower of insight and free of sorrow,
A sage observes the sorrowing masses
As someone standing on a mountain observes
fools on the ground below.

— Buddha

Speak or act with a corrupted mind,
And suffering follows
As the wagon wheel follows the hoof of the ox

— Buddha