He who is overly attached to his family members experiences fear and sorrow, for the root of all grief is attachment. Thus one should discard attachment to be happy.

How blissful it is, for one who has nothing. Attainers-of-wisdom are people with nothing. See him suffering, one who has something, a person bound in mind with people.

Just as a line drawn on water with a stick will quickly vanish and will not last long; even so is human life like a line drawn on water. It is short, limited, and brief; it is full of suffering, full of tribulation. This one should wisely understand, one should do good and live a pure life; for none who is born can escape death.

All conditioned things are impermanent-when one sees this with wisdom, one turns away from suffering.

As soon as extreme attachment comes, a man loses himself, he is no more master of himself, he is a slave.

We shall draw from the heart of suffering itself the means of inspiration and survival.