An excerpt from The Dhammapada, the sayings of Gautama Buddha.

Do not follow a bad law. 
Do not live in thoughtlessness. 
Do not follow wrong ideas. 
Do not be attached to the world.

Arise; do not be thoughtless. 
Follow the path of virtue. 
The virtuous rest in bliss in this world and in the next. 
Follow the path of virtue; do not follow the wrong path. 
The virtuous rest in bliss in this world and in the next.

Look upon the world as a bubble; 
look on it as a mirage. 
Whoever looks thus upon the world
is not seen by the sovereign of death. 
Come, look at this world resembling a painted royal chariot. 
The foolish are immersed in it, 
but the wise are not attached to it.

The one who formerly was thoughtless
and afterwards became conscientious
lights up this world like the moon when freed from a cloud. 
The one whose wrong actions are eradicated by good conduct
lights up this world like the moon when freed from a cloud.