Envying another's beauty will diminish your own. But when you praise beauty in others your own beauty deepens.

There’s no need for us to be held back by the past or how things have been so far. The important thing is what seeds we are sowing now for the future.

When we care for others our own strength to live increases. When we help people expand their state of life, our lives also expand. Actions to benefit others are not separate from actions to benefit oneself. Our lives and the lives of others are ultimately inseparable.

Patience is, in and of itself, a great challenge and it often holds the key to breaking through a seeming impasse.

Anyone who has ever made a resolution discovers that the strength of that determination fades in time. The moment you feel that is when you should make a fresh determination. Tell yourself, “OK! I will start again from now!” If you fall down seven times, get up an eighth. Don’t give up when you feel discouraged-jus t pick yourself up and renew your determination each time.

Effort and hard work construct the bridge that connects your dreams to reality.

By changing our inner state of mind, we can change any suffering or hardship into a source of joy, regarding it as a means for forging and developing our lives. To turn even sorrow into a source of creativity - this is the way of life of a Buddhist