"When we practice awareness and avoid saying or doing things likely to hurt ourselves and others, including the environment, we notice the arising of self respect, of self-confidence and a calmness in the mind. When there is a common allegiance to the precepts of non-harming, to refraining from sexual misconduct, stealing, or lying and taking intoxicants, then a community or society is one in which the highest potential or the fragile flowers of virtue of the mind, can flourish. It creates an atmosphere which is conducive to the Realisation of Truth, and therefore, a noble and beautiful Way of Life.