All human unhappiness comes from not facing reality squarely, exactly as it is.

Forgive and be free. Forget that you have forgiven and be freer.

I consider the positions of kings and rulers as that of dust motes. I observe treasures of gold and gems as so many bricks and pebbles. I look upon the finest silken robes as tattered rags. I see myriad worlds of the universe as small seeds of fruit, and the greatest lake on Earth as a drop of oil on my foot.

Little by little a person becomes evil, as a water pot is filled by drops of water... Little by little a person becomes good, as a water pot is filled by drops of water.

A fool acquires knowledge only to his own disadvantage. It destroys what good he has, and turns his brains.

You are what you think about.

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