Since everything is a reflection of our minds, everything can be changed by our minds.

When I was a young man, near the beginning of my life, I looked around with true mindfulness and saw that all things are subject to decay.

A mind unruffled by the vagaries of fortune, from sorrow freed, from defilements cleansed, from fear liberated - this is the greatest blessing.

Make of yourself a light.

Do not close your eyes before suffering. Find ways to be with those who are suffering by all means, Including personal contact and visits, images, sound. By such means, awaken yourself and others to the reality of suffering in the world.

To be idle is a short road to death and to be diligent is a way of life; foolish people are idle, wise people are diligent.

Like fresh milk a bad deed does not turn at once. It follows a fool scorching him like a smouldering fire.