Self-conquest is far better than the conquest of others.Not even a god, an angel, Mara or Brahma can turn into defeat the victory of a personwho is self-subdued and ever restrained in conduct.– Dhammapada VIII. Sahassavagga: The Thousands :: Verse 104 & 105

Think not lightly of evil, saying,”It will not come to me.”Drop by drop is the water pot filled.Likewise, the fool, gathering it little by little, fills himself with evil.– Dhammapada IX. Papavagga: Evil :: Verse 121

Though month after month for a hundred years one should offer sacrifices by the thousands,yet if only for a moment one should worship those of perfected mindsthat honor is indeed better than a century of sacrifice.– Dhammapada VIII. Sahassavagga: The Thousands :: Verse 106

Think not lightly of good, saying, “It will not come to me.”Drop by drop is the water pot filled.Likewise, the wise man, gathering it little by little, fills himself with good.– Dhammapada IX. Papavagga: Evil :: Verse 122

Though for a hundred years one should tend the sacrificial fire in the forest,yet if only for a moment one should worship those of perfected minds,that worship is indeed better than a century of sacrifice.– Dhammapada VIII. Sahassavagga: The Thousands :: Verse 107

Just as a trader with a small escort and great wealth would avoid a perilous route,or just as one desiring to live avoids poison, even so should one shun evil.– Dhammapada IX. Papavagga: Evil :: Verse 125

Whatever gifts and oblations one seeking merit might offer in this world for a whole year,all that is not worth one fourth of the merit gained by revering the Upright Ones,which is truly excellent.– Dhammapada VIII. Sahassavagga: The Thousands :: Verse 108

To one ever eager to revere and serve the elders,these four blessing accrue: long life and beauty, happiness and power.– Dhammapada VIII. Sahassavagga: The Thousands :: Verse 109

Better it is to live one day virtuous and meditativethan to live a hundred years immoral and uncontrolled.– Dhammapada VIII. Sahassavagga: The Thousands :: Verse 110

“Let both laymen and monks think that it was done by me.In every work, great and small, let them follow me”Ñ such is the ambition of the fool;thus his desire and pride increase.– Dhammapada V. Balavagga: The Fools :: Verse 74