Of all the paths the Eightfold Path is the best;of all the truths the Four Noble Truths are the best;of all things passionlessness is the best:of men the Seeing One (the Buddha) is the best.– Dhammapada XX. Maggavagga: The Path :: Verse 273
He who does not judge others arbitrarily,but passes judgment impartially according to the truth,that sagacious man is a guardian of law and is called just.– Dhammapada XIX. Dhammatthavagga: The Just :: Verse 256
One is not wise because one speaks much.He who is peaceable, friendly and fearless is called wise.– Dhammapada XIX. Dhammatthavagga: The Just :: Verse 256
A man is not versed in Dhamma because he speaks much.He who, after hearing a little Dhamma,realises its truth directly and is not heedless of it,is truly versed in the Dhamma.– Dhammapada XIX. Dhammatthavagga: The Just :: Verse 256
A monk is not an elder because his head is gray.He is but ripe in age,and he is called one grown old in vain.– Dhammapada XIX. Dhammatthavagga: The Just :: Verse 260
One in whom there is truthfulness, virtue, inoffensiveness, restraintand self-mastery, who is free from defilements and is wiseÑ he is truly called an Elder.– Dhammapada XIX. Dhammatthavagga: The Just :: Verse 260
Not by mere eloquencenor by beauty of form does a man become accomplished,if he is jealous, selfish and deceitful.– Dhammapada XIX. Dhammatthavagga: The Just :: Verse 260
But he in whom these are wholly destroyed,uprooted and extinct, and who has cast out hatredÑ that wise man is truly accomplished.– Dhammapada XIX. Dhammatthavagga: The Just :: Verse 260
Not by shaven head does a man who is indisciplinedand untruthful become a monk.How can he who is full of desire and greed be a monk?– Dhammapada XIX. Dhammatthavagga: The Just :: Verse 260
One by one, little by little, moment by moment,a wise man should remove his own impurities,as a smith removes his dross from silver.– Dhammapada XVIII. Malavagga: Impurity :: Verse 239