Wise, profound
in discernment, astute
as to what is the path
and what’s not;
his ultimate goal attained:
he’s what I call
a brahmin.
-Dhammapada

They awaken, always wide awake:
Gotama’s disciples
whose hearts delight, both day & night,
in harmlessness.

They awaken, always wide awake:
Gotama’s disciples
whose hearts delight, both day & night,
in developing the mind.
-Dhammapada

The Buddha was joined by his son, Rahula, a young boy. He advised him: “Cultivate Rahula, a meditation on loving-kindness, for by cultivating loving-kindness, ill will is banished forever. Cultivate, too, a meditation on compassion, for by cultivating compassion, you will find harm and cruelty disappear.”
-Majjhima Nikaya

The one who wishes to escape from doubt
Should be attentive and alert;
Looking at mind and body both,
He should see the causes and the origins.
-Patisambbida Magga

The whole world we travel with our thoughts,
Finding nowhere anyone as precious as one’s own self.
Since each and every person is so precious to themselves
Let the self-respecting harm no other being.
-Samyutta Nikaya

If knowledgeable people praise him,
having observed him day after day
to be blameless in conduct, intelligent,
endowed with discernment & virtue:
like an ingot of gold
who’s fit to find fault with him?
Even devas praise him.
Even by Brahmas he’s praised.
-Dhammapada

What is Right Thought? The thought of renunciation, the thought of non-ill-will, the thought of harmlessness.
This is called Right Thought.
-Digha Nikaya

Abandoning harsh speech, he abstains from harsh speech, he speaks such words as are gentle, pleasing to the ear, and lovable, as go to the heart, are courteous, desired by many and agreeable to many.
-Majjhima-Nikaya

Don’t be afraid of doing good. It’s another name for happiness, for all that is dear and delightful–this phrase “doing good.”

Whoever would live well, Long lasting, bringing bliss
Let him be generous, be calm,
And cultivate the doing of good.

By practising these three bliss-bringing things,
The wise one lives without regret
His world infused with happiness.
-Itivuttaka Sutta

If a person does evil,
he shouldn’t do it again & again,
shouldn’t develop a penchant for it.
To accumulate evil brings pain.

If a person makes merit,
he should do it again & again,
should develop a penchant for it.
To accumulate merit brings ease.
-Dhammapada