Like a robe wears out over time and turns to rags, life wears out from day to day, from second to second.

Day by day, be content with whatever you have and satisfied with whatever happens. Everything else will then fall naturally into place.

Love and nonattachment are the basis of true generosity.

To feel overflowing love and almost unbearable compassion for all living creatures is the best way to fulfil the wishes of all the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas. Even if for the moment you cannot actually help a sentient being in an external way, meditate on love and compassion constantly over the months and years until compassion is knit inseparably into the very fabric of your mind.

If you vanquish ego-clinging today, tonight you will be enlightened.

It is our mind, and that alone, that chains us or sets us free.

Never forget how swiftly this life will be over, like a flash of summer lightning or the wave of a hand. Now that you have the opportunity to practice dharma, do not waste a single moment on anything else.