Let a man be watchful of speech, well controlled in mind,and not commit evil in bodily action.Let him purify these three courses of action,and win the path made known by the Great Sage.– Dhammapada XX. Maggavagga: The Path :: Verse 281

Those disciples of Gotama ever awaken happilywho day and night constantly practice the Recollection of the Qualities of the Dhamma.– Dhammapada XXI. Pakinnakavagga: Miscellaneous :: Verse 297

If anything is to be done,let one do it with sustained vigor.A lax monastic life stirs up the dust of passions all the more.– Dhammapada XXII. Nirayavagga: Hell :: Verse 313

Wisdom springs from meditation;without meditation wisdom wanes.Having known these two paths of progress and decline,let a man so conduct himself that his wisdom may increase.– Dhammapada XX. Maggavagga: The Path :: Verse 282

Those disciples of Gotama ever awaken happilywho day and night constantly practice the Recollection of the Qualities of the Sangha.– Dhammapada XXI. Pakinnakavagga: Miscellaneous :: Verse 298

Cut down the forest (lust), but not the tree;from the forest springs fear.Having cut down the forestand the underbrush (desire), be passionless, O monks!– Dhammapada XX. Maggavagga: The Path :: Verse 283

Those disciples of Gotama ever awaken happilywho day and night constantly practice Mindfulness of the Body.– Dhammapada XXI. Pakinnakavagga: Miscellaneous :: Verse 299

For so long as the underbrush of desire,even the most subtle, of a man towards a woman is not cut down,his mind is in bondage,like the sucking calf to its mother.– Dhammapada XX. Maggavagga: The Path :: Verse 284

Those disciples of Gotama ever awaken happilywhose minds by day and night delight in the practice of non-violence.– Dhammapada XXI. Pakinnakavagga: Miscellaneous :: Verse 300

Not by passing arbitrary judgments does a man become just;a wise man is he who investigates both right and wrong.– Dhammapada XIX. Dhammatthavagga: The Just :: Verse 256