"Mind precedes all mental states. Mind is their chief; they are all mind-wrought. If with an impure mind a person spea…"

""He insulted me, hit me, beat me, robbed me" — for those who brood on this, hostility isn't stilled. "He insulted me,…"

"Some do not understand that we must die, But those who do realize this settle their quarrels. (Verse 6)"

"As rain breaks through an ill-thatched house, passion will break through an unreflecting mind. (Verse 13)"

"Earnest among the thoughtless, awake among the sleepers, the wise man advances like a racer, leaving behind the hack.…"

"Appamadarato bhikkhu pamade bhayadassi va abhabbo parihanaya nibbanasseva santike."

"Just as a fletcher straightens an arrow shaft, even so the discerning man straightens his mind — so fickle and unstea…"

"Hard to hold down, nimble, alighting wherever it likes: the mind. Its taming is good. The mind well-tamed brings ease…"

"There is no fear for one whose mind is not filled with desires. (Verse 39)"

"Death carries off a man who is gathering flowers and whose mind is distracted, as a flood carries off a sleeping vill…"