Be a lamp unto yourselves! Work out your liberation with diligence! Fill your mind with compassion!

At the bottom of things, most people want to be understood and appreciated.

You yourself must earnestly practice, the enlightened ones only proclaim the path.

Just as the bee takes the nectar and leaves without damaging the color or scent of the flowers, so should the sage act in a village.

Suffering is an illusion.

All the holy words you read and all the holy words you speak are as nothing if you do not act upon them. Even if you read little and say little but live the right way, forsaking craving, hatred and delusion, you will know the truth and find calmness and will show others the path.

Therefore, be ye lamps unto yourselves, be ye a refuge to yourselves. Hold fast to the truth as a lamp; hold fast as a refuge to the truth. Look not for refuge to anyone besides yourselves.