Some of the Dharma

How joyful to look upon the Awakened
and to keep company with the wise.

Follow then the shining ones,
the wise, the awakened, the living,
for they know how to work and forbear.

But if you can not find
friend or master to go with you,
travel on alone --
like a king who has given away his kingdom,
like an elephant in the forest.
-- from the Dhammapada (sayings of the Buddha)