Our actions speak louder than our words

Verses 19 & 20
Chapter I - The Pairs (Yamakavagga)

Khuddaka Nikaya, Suttanta Pitaka, Tipitaka

Source: "The Dhammapada", Translated by
Kaba-Aye Sayadaw Ashin Pannadipa, Rangoon, Burma, 1990

19. Though he recites much of the Scriptures (of the Buddha),* yet, if he, being heedless, does not live up to them he is like a cowherd who counts the cattle of others, he has no share in the advantages of the holy life.

20. Though he recites a little of the Scriptures (of the Buddha), yet if he acts in conformity with the Teaching (Dhamma), dispelling lust, hatred and delusion, truly knowing, with the mind totally freed, not clinging to this world or the next, he shares the advantages of the holy life.