There's a Buddhist precept that the only thing you deserve is the chance to do the work, and I've been given the chance to do the work.
Example, not precept, is the best teaching aid.
To disarm a zealot, teach him truth by precept, and mildness by example.
Mindful consumption is the object of this precept. We are what we consume. If we look deeply into the items that we consume every day, we will come to know our own nature very well. We have to eat, drink, consume, but if we do it unmindfully, we may destroy our bodies and our consciousness, showing ingratitude toward our ancestors, our parents, and future generations.
There is no moral precept that does not have something inconvenient about it.
Example teaches better than precept. It is the best modeler of the character of men and women. To set a lofty example is the richest bequest a man can leave behind him.
The nation has placed its faith in the precept that all laws should be inspired by actual needs here on earth as a basic fact of national life.
It is a mistake to suppose that men succeed through success; they much oftener succeed through failures. Precept, study, advice, and example could never have taught them so well as failure has done.
Example is more powerful than precept.
