A fool thinks he will live forever if he avoids fight; but old age gives him no peace, even if spears do.

After victory, tighten your helmet cord.

If each of us held a candle, the disagreement would go out of our words.

Truth is the daughter of time.

Only when the last tree has died, the last river been poisoned, and the last fish been caught will we realize we cannot eat money.

The bamboo that bends is stronger than the oak that resists.

UddalakaBring me a fruit from that banyan tree.

SvetaketuHere it is, venerable sir.

UddalakaBreak it open.

SvetaketuIt is broken, sir.

UddalakaWhat do you see inside?

SvetaketuThese tiny seeds, sir.

UddalakaNow, my son, take one of those seeds and break it open.

SvetaketuIt is broken, sir.

UddalakaWhat do you see inside?

SvetaketuNothing at all, sir.