But when one masters this wretched desire, which is so hard to overcome, then one's sorrows just drop off, like a drop of water off a lotus.

Only those who go where few have gone can see what few have seen.

Attachment is the source of all suffering.

However many holy words you read, However many you speak, What good will they do you If you do not act on upon them?

Hatred is never ended by hatred but by love.

Giving the best to others are giving the best to us. The value of life is not based on how long we live. But, how much can we contribute to others in our society ?

Don't give way to heedlessness or to intimacy with sensual delight - for a heedful person, absorbed in jhana, attains an abundance of ease.