Whatever a monk keeps pursuing with his thinking and pondering, that becomes the inclination of his awareness.

Attachment leads to suffering.

You only lose what you cling to.

The virtuous man delights in this world and he delights in the next

Long is the night to him who is awake; long is a mile to him who is tired; long is life to the foolish who do not know the true law.

It is like a lighted torch whose flame can be distributed to ever so many other torches which people may bring along; and therewith they will cook food and dispel darkness, while the original torch itself remains burning ever the same. It is even so with the bliss of the Way.

[Sutra of 42 Sections]