The Buddhist Way of Life.

3. On hurt and ill-will

• Cause no hurt ; Cherish no ill-will,
• This is the Buddhist Way of Life.
• Is there in all the world a man so blameless that he gives no occasion for reproach, as a spirited horse gives no occasion for the stroke of the lash ? 
• By confidence, by virtue, by energy, by meditation, by investigation into the Truth, by perfection in knowledge and conduct, by recollectedness, leave ye this great suffering behind 
• The most excellent of ascetic practices is the practice of forbearance, of long suffering ; " most excellent of all is Nibbana " ; so says the Buddha. He is no ascetic who does hurt to others ; he is no disciple who works another's woe. 
• To speak no ill, to do no harm, to practice restraint in conformity with the discipline, this is the counsel of the Buddha.
• Kill, nor cause slaughter.
• He who seeking his own happiness does not punish or kill beings who also long for happiness, will find happiness.
• If, like a shattered, metal plate (gong), thou utter nothing, then thou has reached Nibbana ; anger is not known to thee.
• He who inflicts pain on innocent and harmless person, will soon come to grief.
• He who, dressed in fine apparel of tranquillity, is quiet, subdued, restrained, chaste, and has ceased to find fault with all other beings, he indeed is an ascetic (Samana), a friar (Bhikku). 
• Is there in this world any man so restrained by shame that he does not provoke reproof, as a noble horse the whip? 
• If a man offend a harmless, pure, and innocent person, the evil falls back upon that fool, like light dust thrown up against the wind.