What is most needed is a loving heart.

Goodwill toward all beings is the true religion; cherish in your hearts boundless goodwill to all that lives.

Like a lovely flower full of color but lacking in fragrance, are the words of those who do not practice what they teach.

As a single drop of water fills a bucket, so do small deeds of evil; as a single drop of water fills a bucket, so do small deeds of good.

To enjoy good health, to bring true happiness to one's family, to bring peace to all, one must first discipline and control one's own mind. If a man can control his mind he can find the way to Enlightenment, and all wisdom and virtue will naturally come to him.

It is wrong to think that misfortunes come from the east or from the west; they originate within one's own mind.

Peace comes from within; do not try to seek it without.