The Buddha said:
‘The spokes of the wheel are the rules of pure conduct: justice is the uniformity of their length; wisdom is the tire; modesty and thoughtfulness are the hub in which the immovable axle of truth is fixed.
He who recognizes the existence of suffering, its cause, its remedy and its cessation has fathomed the four noble truths. He will walk in the right path.

Now this is the noble truth concerning suffering:
Birth is attended with pain, decay is painful, disease is painful, death is painful. Union with the unpleasant is painful, painful is separation from the pleasant; and any craving that is unsatisfied, that too is painful. In brief, bodily conditions which spring from attachment are painful.

Now this is the noble truth concerning the origin of suffering:
Verily, it is that craving which causes the renewal of existence, accompanied by sensual delight, seeking satisfaction now here, now there the craving for the gratification of the passions, the craving for a future life, and the craving for happiness in this life.

Now this is the noble truth concerning the destruction of suffering:
Verily, it is the destruction, in which no passion remains, of this very thirst; it is the laying aside of, the being free from, the dwelling no longer upon this thirst.

Now this is the noble truth concerning the way which leads to the destruction of sorrow: Verily! It is this noble eightfold path; that is to say:
Right views; right aspirations; right speech; right behaviour; right livelihood; right effort; right thoughts and right contemplation.

By the practise of loving kindness I have attained liberation of heart, and thus I am assured that I shall never return in renewed births. I have now attained Nirvana.’
And when the Blessed One had thus set the royal chariotwheel of truth rolling onward, a rapture thrilled through all the universes.

Bron: Paul Carus, the gospel of the Buddha, 1894