Abandoning false speech, he abstains from false speech; he speaks truth, adheres to truth, is trustworthy and reliable, one who is no deceiver of the world.
- Majjhima Nikaya

The one who wanders independent in the world, free from opinions and viewpoints, does not grasp them and enter into disputations and arguments. As the lotus rises on its stalk unsoiled by the mud and the water, so the wise one speaks of peace and is unstained by the opinions of the world.
- Sutta Nipata

And what, monks, is Right View? It is, monks, the knowledge of suffering, the knowledge of the origin of suffering, the knowledge of the cessation of suffering, and the knowledge of the way of practice leading to the cessation of suffering. This is called Right View.
- Digha Nikaya

One of his followers urged the Buddha to perform a miracle in order to attract some nonbelievers. The Buddha replied:
“I detest and will not undertake the so-called miracles of magic power and divination. I and my followers attract non-believers only by the miracle of truth.”
- Digha Nikaya

Better than a thousand useless words is one word that gives peace.
- Buddha

Don’t associate with bad friends. Don’t associate with the low. Associate with admirable friends. Associate with the best.
- Dhammapada

Standing or walking, sitting or lying down, during all these waking hours, let him establish mindfulness of good will, which men call the highest state!
- Buddha

O monks, even if you have insight that is pure and clear but you cling to it, fondle it and treasure it, depend on it and are attached to it, then you do not understand that the teaching is like a raft that carries you across the water to the farther shore but is then to be put down and not clung to.
- Majjhima Nikaya

Drink deeply. Live in serenity and joy. The wise person delights in the truth And follows the law of the awakened. The farmer channels water to his land. The fletcher whittles his arrows. And the carpenter turns his wood. So the wise direct their mind.
- Dhammapada

As a cowherd with a rod drives cows to the field, so ageing and death drive the life of living beings.
- Dhammapada