The venerable [disciple] Sariputta said this: "Friends, just as the footprint of any living being that walks can be placed within an elephant's footprint, and so the elephant's footprint is declared the chief of them because of its great size; so too, all wholesome states can be included in the Four Noble Truths."
~ from The Middle Length Discourses of the Buddha translated by Bhikkhu Bodhi
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