He who gives away shall have real gain. He who subdues himself shall be free; he shall cease to be a slave of passions. The righteous man casts off evil, and by rooting out lust, bitterness, and illusion do we reach Nirvana.

He who walks in the eightfold noble path with unswerving determination is sure to reach Nirvana.

Of all the worldly passions, lust is the most intense. All other worldly passions seem to follow in its train.

The man who is master of his passions is reason's slave

He that is kind is free, though he is a slave; he that is evil is a slave, though he be a king.

What is evil? Killing is evil, lying is evil, slandering is evil, abuse is evil, gossip is evil: envy is evil, hatred is evil, to cling to false doctrine is evil; all these things are evil. And what is the root of evil? Desire is the root of evil, illusion is the root of evil.