Rain falls, wind blows, plants bloom, leaves mature and are blown away; these phenomena are all interrelated with causes and conditions, are brought about by them, and disappear as the causes and conditions change.

Now this, monks, is the noble truth of suffering: birth is suffering, aging is suffering, illness is suffering, death is suffering; union with what is displeasing is suffering; seperation from what is pleasing is suffering... in brief, the five aggregates subject to clinging are suffering.

Hate never ends hate. Only love can.

There is no fire like passion. There are no chains like hate. Illusion is a net, Desire is a rushing river.

From craving is born grief, from craving is born fear. For one freed from craving there's no grief- so how fear?

'I've got children', 'I've got wealth.' This is the way a fool brings suffering on himself. He does not even own himself, so how can he have children or wealth?

You have no cause for anything but gratitude and joy.